Inscription on a Bamboo Painting
【Poetry】Time：2023-07-31 Source：本站 Views：7485
Inscription on a Bamboo Painting
by Tang Yin
Slender bamboo outside the window, clear as daylight dims,
A mountain monk stirs from deep meditation, with arriving pilgrims.
Forbearing great temptation to wax lyrical about those boughs,
I know full well the world's supreme verse conveys no sound.
Tang Yin (1470-1523), usually known by his byname Tang Bohu, was a painter, calligrapher and poet whose life and cynical attitude became a part of popular lore.
