er meidet alle
Wege zum Reisfeld
er fürchtet das Joch
zieht keinen Pflug
und frisst kein süßes
Gras von der Koppel
Seewind und Nebel
sind ihm genug

Nationalmuseum Tokio

無門慧開 (1183–1260): 懶牛

不經南陌與西阡
犁杷年來怕上肩
棄卻欄中肥嫩艸
綠楊堤畔飽風煙

Wumen Huikai (1183–1260): Lazy Ox

Shunning the south and west paths between the rice paddies,
for over a year refusing to drag the plough with his shoulders,
and giving up the thick and tender fodder in the pen,
it feeds on wind and mist along the willow-shaded embankment.

(A Full Load of Moonlight. Chinese Chan Buddhist Poems. Translated by Mary M. J. Fung and David Lunde. Hongkong: Musical Stone Culture 2014. 83.)