Su Shi:Look At It Horizontally, They're Mountain Ranges 蘇軾 橫看成嶺側成峰 遠近高低各不同 Poem by Frank Yue

Tí Xī Lín Bì:
"Brushing a Poem on the Wall of Xilin Temple"
-by SU SHI (1036-1101)
-Translated by Frank C Yue

Look at it horizontally, they're mountain ranges;
Vertically, they appear to be precipitous peaks.
Viewing the mountain from afar, the vista changes -
From up front and various angles, diff'rent physiques.
No one could see the true face of Lu Mountain with one's heart,
For standing here, of the mountain one has become a part.


【題西林壁】 宋 · 蘇軾

橫看成嶺側成峰，遠近高低各不同。

不識廬山真面目，只緣身在此山中。