Chapter 3 Ascetic Monk Poems for Ascetic Traveler Ma Zhongxin◎Luo Qing

one Give your body to a horse in the void Stripes of cloth floating around For the flesh is the dew that perishes Requires a belt-like cloth bag for storage Give your footsteps to a man in the mountains and rivers ups and downs of the road Because fate is an unpredictable terrain Need a belt-like route to wear around ◇ two I am coming The boulder blocking the way backs away The vegetation in the boulder recedes and goes away The people among the grass and trees step back and go away The mountains next to the house recede and go away Clouds and birds on the mountains recede away

The cities and states under the clouds and birds go backwards Characters, culture, dynasties and history in the city-state And they all go backwards and far away because i'm here I walked to the world that has not yet begun source Then also far go