錢澄之《白鹿坪贈寶惜庵主（其六）》“To the Master of the Treasure-Cherishing Hermitage at White Deer Meadow (No. 6)” by Qian Chengzhi (1612-1693)

腰斧穿雲獨自行，

空山無伴響丁丁。

枯株倒向溪邊爛，

畱待明年木耳生。

An axe at his waist, [he] walks alone through the clouds

In empty mountains, with no company but the clang.

A withered trunk falls to rot by the brookside

Waiting to become a cradle of wood ears next year.

* From Qian Chengzhi 錢澄之 (1612-1693), Tianjian shiji 田間詩集, 8.8a.

Some wood ears or Jew's ears (Auricularia auricula-judae) near me; a bit different from the Chinese wood ear (Auricularia heimuer)