Only the mindless waters remain

© 2008
BASID #789
Beth Ames Swartz
Only the mindless waters remain
acrylic and mixed media on canvas
60" x 72" (1.52m x 1.83m)
2008
王維 (Wang
Wei,
701–761 a.c.e., Chinese)
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送殷四葬
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Weeping for Ying Yao
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送君返葬石樓山
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We
send you home to a grave on Stone Tower Mountain;
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松柏蒼蒼賓馭還
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Through
the green green of pine and cypress, mourners’ carriages return.
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埋骨白雲長已矣
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Among
white clouds we’ve laid your bones—it is ended forever;
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空餘流水向人間
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Only
the mindless waters remain, flowing down to the world of men.
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