Classic Poem

I am sleepless in the glow and shadow of the lamplight.
The heart at peace breathes the incense of dedication
Between the temple walls the night is bottomless
The gold wind bells quiver in the breeze
The courtyard shuts in the deep
Darkness of the Spring night
In the blackness the crystalline pool
Exhales the perfume of flowers
The Northern Crown crosses the sky
Cut by the temple roof,
Where an iron phoenix soars and twists in the air
The chanting of prayers floats from the hall.
Fading bell notes eddy by my bed
Tomorrow in the sunlight
I shall walk in the manured fields,
And weep for the yellow dust of the dead.