“Distant, distant I gaze at the white clouds:
With a deep yearning I think of the Sages of Antiquity.”

—  Tao Yuanming , Shady

"Shady, shady the wood in front of the Hall"
Translated by Arthur Waley
Context: My little children are playing at my side,
Learning to talk, they babble unformed sounds.
These things have made me happy again
And I forget my lost cap of office.
Distant, distant I gaze at the white clouds:
With a deep yearning I think of the Sages of Antiquity.

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