Climbing Mount Hua

At Shan-sun pavilion, put on your turban

    and be a pilgrim who journeys to clouds

    and pays homage to rocks.

The waters, by secret ways,

    flow beyond this world.

The mountains, like a drug,

    lighten your body.

Before your eyes, Mount Hua -

    a wall two miles high.

On your robe -

    a speck of dust from the city.

If you find a Go board, sit a spell:

    before you know it,

    wildflowers will wither

    and bloom again.