Inspired by My "Western Mountain Poem"

Signature: Pu Ru
Dated: second month of 1930

Artist's inscription: two poems of eight lines, five-character meter:

1. Go into the distant empty valley.
The rapid stream screams in cries and signs.
Follow the path covered by yellow leaves,
Going even higher than the blue clouds.
The visitors pass through the woods.
The maple grove is cold after rain.
The gibbons call to the hermit.
They play together and enjoy each other.

2. The Autumn rain starts at the frontier.
The stream congeals in the cold night.
The snow gathers on the ice and sand.
The mountain light is interrupted by the wind and rain.
How lazy I have become during my long sickness.
In the morning, I sail on the autumn waters,
Boating among the wild rice and water chestnuts
With my hair in disarray.
This painting was inspired by my "Western Mountain Poem" and is dedicated to Jianjiu.

Artist's seals: 1. Poem and painting by Xinyu (square, white characters)
2. Living on the cliff (oval, red characters)
3. Cold Jade Studio (oval, red characters)

Marking: Collectors' seals: Robert Hatfield Ellsworth

Robert H. Ellsworth Chinese, New York (until 1986; donated to MMA)