{"product_id":"9781619320864","title":"The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis authoritative, bilingual edition represents the first time the entirety of Cold Mountain's poetry has been translated into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese translations were originally published by Copper Canyon Press nearly twenty years ago. Now, significantly revised and expanded, the collection also includes a new preface by the translator, Red Pine, whose accompanying notes are at once scholarly, accessible, and entertaining. Also included for the first time are poems by two of Cold Mountain's colleagues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLegendary for his clarity, directness, and lack of pretension, the eight-century hermit-poet \u003cb\u003eCold Mountain (Han Shan)\u003c\/b\u003e is a major figure in the history of Chinese literature and has been a profound influence on writers and readers worldwide. Writers such as Charles Frazier and Gary Snyder studied his poetry, and Jack Kerouac's \u003ci\u003eDharma Bums\u003c\/i\u003e is dedicated \"to Han Shan.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e1.B\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estoried cliffs were the fortune I cast\u003cbr\u003ebird trails beyond human tracks\u003cbr\u003ewhat surrounds my yard\u003cbr\u003ewhite clouds nesting dark rocks\u003cbr\u003eI've lived here quite a few years\u003cbr\u003eand always seen the spring-water change\u003cbr\u003etell those people with tripods and bells\u003cbr\u003eempty names are no damn good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e71.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esomeone sits in a mountain gorge\u003cbr\u003ecloud robe sunset tassels\u003cbr\u003ehandful of fragrances he'd share\u003cbr\u003ethe road is long and hard\u003cbr\u003eregretful and doubtful\u003cbr\u003eold and unaccomplished\u003cbr\u003ethe crowd calls him crippled\u003cbr\u003ehe stands alone steadfast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e205.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emy place is on Cold Mountain\u003cbr\u003eperched on a cliff beyond the circuit of affliction\u003cbr\u003eimages leave no trace when they vanish\u003cbr\u003eI roam the whole galaxy from here\u003cbr\u003elights and shadows flash across my mind\u003cbr\u003enot one dharma comes before me\u003cbr\u003esince I found the magic pearl\u003cbr\u003eI can go anywhere everywhere it's perfect\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eCold Mountain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mountain man lives under thatch\u003cbr\u003ebefore his gate carts and horses are rare\u003cbr\u003ethe forest is quiet but partial to birds\u003cbr\u003ethe streams are wide and home to fish\u003cbr\u003ewith his son he picks wild fruit\u003cbr\u003ewith his wife he hoes between rocks\u003cbr\u003ewhat does he have at home\u003cbr\u003ea shelf full of nothing but books\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151748120816,"sku":"9781619320864","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781619320864_p0.jpg?v=1763854450","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781619320864","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}