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Brimming Water

Under my feet the moon
Glides along the river.
Near midnight, a gusty lantern
Shines in the heart of the night.
Along the sandbars flocks
Of white egrets roorst,
Each one clenched like a fist.
In the wake of my barge
The fish leap, cut the water,
And dive and splash.

-Tu Fu (translated by Kenneth Rexroth)