Visiting A Taoist On Tiatien Mountain Comments

.............a lovely and peaceful place ★

As a non-Chinese speaker, it is great to see an alternative translation. Thanks, Stanton, you give a new insight to this!

A dog's bark mingles with splashing water; Peach blossoms fatten on spring rain. Here and there, in deep woods, I spot deer; A loud-flowing stream drowns out noon's bell. Blades of bamboo slice blue mist; From a jade peak erupts a cascading spring. At the retreat no one knows where master has gone; Dejected, I lean against this and that pine, and wait. (trans., S.H.)