I Find I Have Come Alone

Chet Baker / Stan Getz: I Talk to the Trees

Deep at the bottom of the well no warmth has yet returned,
The rain which sighs and feels so cold has dampened withered roots.
What sort of man at such a time would come to visit the teacher?
As this is not a time for flowers, I find I have come alone.
--Su Shi (1037--1101)
Visiting the Temple of Auspicious Fortune Alone on Winter Solstice