Staying Overnight with Abbot Zan (Abbot of Dayun Temple in the capital, exiled to this place)

 Cane tin how come here Autumn wind already sough Rain waste large court chrysanthemum Frost topple half pool lotus Banish rather against nature Void not leave Chan Mutual meet all night stay Gansu moon toward man round 
 How did your tin-edged cane get here? The autumn wind's already sighing. The rain's laid waste the great court's chrysanthemums, And frost has felled half the pond's lotuses. Banished, you don't renounce your nature, In limbo, you don't depart from Chan. Now we've met, we can spend all night together, The Gansu moon shines round upon us.

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