MONK AND NUN: THE BLACK 
SNOW-BIRD AND WHITE- 
THROATED SPARROW 
SK the lake to name her lover, 
Ask, before the sun has risen, 
Ask, before the breeze has wak- 
ened, 
Ask, while yet within the waters 
Dwells the image of the lover. 
Tall and mighty, strong and rugged. 
Did you hear a murmured answer ? 
Listen in the singing pine wood. 
Listen, and a voice will, bid you 
Climb the ledges, struggle northward, 
Find the red fox in his cavern. 
Find the tittering groves of aspen, 
Find the rushing mountain torrents, 
Find the tangled vines and bushes, 
