visiting Guanyin’s Burst of Inspiration temple on Tianzhu in the rain
silkworms mature
wheat ripens yellow
on every face of the mountain the rain’s pouring pouring
the farmer stops his ploughing, the woman drops her basket
in white robes the Merciful One is in her high hall
Jack Hayes
© 2016
based on Su Shi: 雨中遊天竺靈感觀音院
yŭ zhōng yóu tiānzhú líng găn Guānyīn yuàn
Image links to its source on Wiki Commons:
Chinese Bodhisattva Guanyin, Song dynasty, 11th century, clay with traces of pigments; photo by Wmpearl who makes it available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
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