汉译英12首

南北

, z! V) R1 w; g9 H* c- P5 O) r南北的现代禅诗
MODERN ZEN POEMS BY NANBEI

7 p' I6 d/ V: e（李艳敏 译）



. B( G; K! b, W南北的诗（12首）
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* v/ i: z& c9 J《写作》

笔，不再是笔
' g4 X0 O5 `/ \+ l" p/ V纸，也不再是纸
有人在灯下来去
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6 K1 [& l1 }* Z' k四万八千朵莲花中
  r& I! o/ }; P  {- p& p只这朵
" o/ j$ `/ `2 G! O- F( F8 ?开在心里

Writing
4 f; t9 L" X2 D& t1 N7 Sby nanbei

The pen,is not a pen any more
! N# F6 [$ A- Y* o  PThe paper is not a piece of paper,either.
Someone has been here and gone in the light.

$ q! h! @7 Y7 q0 E) B- `Forty-eight thousand lotus,
only this one
Bloooms in my heart.
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. G3 P7 _7 Y+ M# t" m& Q9 u# P《无忧树》

当忧愁围拢成湖泊
树在坚持说——
1 E* _7 k/ o, ]0 Z. Q/ f我不知道。

佛在树下诞生
而那七朵地涌的金莲
0 q' R! \5 L* a* w7 g3 F是树的骄傲。
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+ ~0 @6 T7 i7 L. S, oA no-sadness Tree

6 n- R) l$ U( d$ Wby nanbei
When the sadness gathered , being a lake.
The tree still insisted to say,
7 |' K) [0 ^2 J9 H“I know nothing.”
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4 j1 W& ~8 u& @& j! W  C& Q" T" L: k/ ^Buddha was born under the tree,
While the seven golden lotuses springed from the earth
% ?" O! o& }3 q6 A! N9 x: \are the pride of the tree.


' ?4 o9 _+ L1 B3 |  O: K# e《读信》

信纸看着我
表情复杂——
一张脸在千里之外。
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, ^! u3 G8 ~9 i0 L) D  r笔不相信字是真的
& a+ j2 e- t9 h% u, w+ C眼睛可有可无
天空，真的空了。
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Reading a Letter

the letter paper look at me
whose experession is so complex
that face ,Thousands miles away from me
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the pen can’t believe the handwriting is true
. x4 O$ }3 D8 O! umaybe my eyes are not important
  _- b" p; J& z( ]) fThe sky,is really empty.
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《心香》

这是一条
袅袅上升的
( l+ H; {. g' P8 U! m- A心灵之路。
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在烛前趺坐
宁静是一柄绿色的
4 }9 B5 ?, w1 b! |大伞。

& N6 T( Y" D' ~2 @" Hthe fragrance from my soul
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this is a rising road ,
It leads to my heart

I am sitting in zen before a candle
' x8 |) g8 I" uand silence is like
- y4 N+ }0 N) R/ j- G; @2 K  Ka big green unmbrella.
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《世界地图》

整个的世界
便在这
一瞥之中。
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犹如蓝色的池塘中
不安开放着的
4 e. u) \2 l. p+ E- o9 l几朵睡莲。
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6 Q7 X' Q2 {7 v6 P$ ~5 X. OA world map

, s3 D. W% v4 NThe whole world is in my heart,
# S2 h1 X8 z$ N% \At the moment of
A glance of mine.

+ ]. O8 J2 T/ D: O  @$ Nit is so like
a few uneasy sleeping lotuses,
blooming in a blue pond.

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4 b8 Q- Z$ w# @  M《鸡足山短句》
7 G  n! y- S0 HShort poems in Jizhu Mountain

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台阶上布满落叶
仿佛旅人的歌声
; k' X! K5 `, w( Q& o2 e9 {遗在风中     
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3 @; s6 d! O+ a2 [; F8 A" RLeaves cover all the steps,
like the songs of the travelers,
; {6 P# T( a1 mlost in the wind.
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% R! f; X: W! X+ S8 B) c2 B, Q8 ^阳光穿过竹林
照亮一片蛛网
以及，我手上的经卷.
Two
The sunlight go through the bamboo forest,
3 m& y5 {1 t9 h6 w+ a( v5 c* G, l  ]A piece of cobweb and the Buddhist text in my hand
+ u! P* C  S7 z9 W/ z& t% U9 iwere lit up.

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. q. n8 U! m- k, H( E  e佛殿前，香烟缭绕
* m" C3 h# m( l1 v如同众香客      
模糊不清的愿心  
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Three
The smoke is rising before the Buddha-hall,
  H+ H; i' R0 S3 tAs the unclearly wishing
- Z4 [# s/ l+ m7 Lof the pilgrims.
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一盆清静的水仙
& c4 t8 A: s: U' k  U! {5 J在钟楼下面   
独自清香     

Four
Under the bell tower,
4 e) o1 z/ c! z  {A basin of quiet narcissus
: n# F9 J7 K5 ^! r* Kare exuding fragrance.
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# o6 p8 c* x0 b( j" [黄昏的虚云寺  
没有香客僧影
. l: F9 X5 i6 K6 h* n. z$ K. y2 w+ ]惟有一束鸟语空悬
2011-2-9，鸡足山
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Five
At dusk, there are no pilgrims and monks
. [8 V+ p, W, A: S9 {' hin Xuyun Temple,
. S' x: D; }: \* iOnly the birds’ chirps leave in the sky.
  K* _, z3 ]. L8 ^2011-2-9 Jizhu Mountain

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9 p! Q1 Y) _: y《雪莲果》
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' C% r& ^8 Z' T* F# Q' |( k人说，你来自南美
3 C& h; x4 o  ^是印第安人的神果
而我在云南与你相遇
: Z; V% P6 z5 l7 W- u是在下鸡邑我住的院落里

  n! S; G$ I+ c! l  l5 b8 ^9 V* [事情的简单之处
是你的枝叶与花朵
8 e  `. j2 Z# ~往往被初见者呼为向日葵
# [& i/ h( f$ E但你的果实却在地下
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果实，果实
每当我看到你的枝叶
就想到那些土层中默默的生长
( E+ y% _- Q6 ]) ^如同禅者的愿心
         
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2 F  k0 K; I* Q6 k; L7 wYakon
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Someone said,you are from South America,
' R3 ]0 _3 c6 E8 K: WYou are something magical of Indian.
% o  o% `4 @2 L3 u0 g# R9 T/ Z: B" \I meet you in Yunnan
: \9 F/ r# G9 K/ N# [+ ]in my yard of xiajiyi.
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5 b9 ]! b: c0 M7 o  H5 _: b7 w" }Maybe the simplest are in
! O* G+ z, A: g& E/ \/ pyour branches,leaves and flowers.
Usually,they are named sunflowers at the first
glance of people.

But your fruits are underground.
Yakon,yakon,
When I see your branches and leaves,
I will think of your silent growing in the soil,
as the beautiful wishes of those meditators.


《花生》
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我的意见是      
花生米一定要生吃
) o# Y1 t; R$ k, k3 R' o我就是这样做的
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我在一座精舍的庭院里
2 V: }8 r1 h; D8 |# B' y& ^/ G种植过花生。它们匍匐在地
/ [( e2 M& b6 d8 q开花。然后在地下结果
     
我也曾经在一口破茶杯里  
1 Z3 u* X/ N* j/ a+ W种植花生。那不是为了果实
* \1 [, P( ]4 x; p$ v/ Y而是绿色

Peanuts
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I mean
Peanuts must be eaten without any processing.
$ J. w, b& @2 H/ WI do eat them by this way.
I grew them. in a yard of my delicate abode.
' f2 T( s* ]- m( F; ]They crawled along the earth,
bloomed, then bore nuts underground.
2 A& t1 r& ]4 x0 [Once I grew peanuts in an old teacup,
not for the peanuts,
8 ?: O/ K$ ?* wbut for the green.
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《窗外苍山》
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透过窗棂，我看到
2 v6 ]) m6 `% u8 H( u苍山被上午的阳光照亮
( H% y$ n7 ?6 _' D依然有雪
依然有白云如同飘带
3 R1 ?. c) W& Y将这个春天的肩膀缠绕
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我静静望着
* h# @) V# c1 c我想，这是一个平常的春天
樱花开了
杜鹃花也开了
4 \1 g; p: l* }/ C) U: [而那些传说中的故事
却没有发生

Mountains Outside of the Windows
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" E( i0 I3 i' x% d' lThrough the window lattice, I saw
. T. @( V( u8 O+ D. A+ q- ~Cang Mount is lighted by the moring sun.
Still, there is snow,
Still, there are white clouds as ribbons
winding the arms of spring .
" M4 D8 Z1 x, kQuietly, seeing all of them,
& d7 w6 C# v3 Z$ d" ~# x  ~  cI think, this is an usual spring.
6 B0 g! K9 ^: KCherries are blossoming,
% C) ~) f* e7 s3 o) B& ~6 hand azalea are blossoming, too.
# C! c& }3 U. f# O5 a% r; @However, those legend stories
never happened yet.
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《送Dawn入鸡足山》
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  n: Z$ g) R% b$ Q" [8 \车子开到寺院门口，天
* H( o; K+ f) t: I& M已经黑了下来。雨
3 r) h' G8 T! I3 m+ i+ o+ X- d也在夜色弥漫中悄悄下起
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谁也没有出声
0 |. Z0 D- K& t; ]. m5 g4 U6 u寺院安静得连路灯都屏住了呼吸
我们沿着青石台阶
去探视比丘尼的世界
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; r; i; q, W3 u* R7 Y5 s你总是让人吃惊
2 S, d* ~5 {% e1 r# H- F: J+ m在老天的目瞪口呆中
9 H+ z/ z5 G- \, c" n: r开始了一场生命新的演算
我惟有不间断的重复
那句被唱得滚热发亮的真言——
8 _# j3 Q7 j8 w+ U$ N, a; `) X嗡嘛呢，呗咪吽

. N! ]' ^+ q" w哦，佛陀
也许踏上一条新的路途容易
7 }5 Y" P3 r; \而要截断身后那条经年反复的河流
6 q0 e# d- Q4 n+ k难，难难

Send Dawn toJizu Mount
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When the car came before the door of the temple,
% _# [! c  a+ w) Y; N( p: d: s5 }It has already been darkness.Rain quietly
8 w4 v  h; e5 u( vbegan in night darkness.
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0 {  v9 |+ M& b$ LNeither of us said a word.
7 \4 W" O& f6 b9 U9 h* ^& O. xThe temple was so quiet that the lamp can’t breath any more.
Along the green stone steps
  |; N! v' |& M: I2 {We looked for the world of nuns.

7 U) T( n3 f# Y! [! d0 A" qAlways,you supprised others.
When  God stunned,
. F: y7 C4 a- R. I  n* `! u! ~. UYou began to a new caculatation of life.
I only endless repeated
* J+ U* }1 R; |* ^; |1 Sthe mantras which was sung so hot,
"won,ma,ni,bei,mei,hong"
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Maybe it is easy to step a new road,
3 E" Y" a& C9 [2 S6 {% {while to cut the flowing river all years behind us  is
# h& o; n; j4 J3 W6 ]8 X" _8 lso difficult,difficult and difficult.
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) |( r& A2 u; u5 z《芹菜》
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% p/ K. m+ ]3 |% A, l芹菜的清香和声名
" _4 k7 O# E2 ]4 n$ T自唐代开始      
, g; k( G2 A3 s1 h2 S5 g  E' C一碗芹菜面流传至今

现在，我赞美芹菜  
) `5 l# ^/ d4 @4 q" ^5 E是因为那样一份现实中的不俗
/ C  ]5 d5 O1 r% n2 J* w. {常在唇齿间
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Celery
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5 b8 g5 Y! ?3 [7 O) Q: |Its fragrance and name came from Tang Dynasty.
+ {3 @; x! y1 K* E8 gA bowl of celery noodles came down till now.
# t1 |! O6 l6 tNow, I praise it
1 k/ W0 S2 j6 C  P) I! ^% f2 xCause the uncommon traits of it in true life
still leave fragrance between my lips.


《apple的信念》
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# ]! Z( m) S& U7 s5 Q我给她一粒花生米
她就衔着。然后跑到
4 Y/ }* r& u. A  ?1 p离我五米的紫竹丛边
轻轻放下。
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再然后，她跑向一块
在山神庙前衔来的
猪的面颊骨前，情深意切
0 c0 S% w  B  [) e( {不再离开。

+ Y8 I/ d# J$ v- a' m- o这就是apple——
一只小狗的信念。
9 ^" o2 r2 U" Z尽管我告诉她
; }0 N% L6 c! Y$ ?. G+ w花生米营养丰富，她还是
1 F+ @4 \1 X1 x# n# {5 s% v' z1 B* x坚持着喜欢，那些骨头。

2014-2-17，半山茅舍。
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Apple’s belief
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I gave a peanut to her
) u( I+ d& }1 S% e  D! G, V7 \% d, _She caught it,then run to
8 T( ~, {; O% @( L- K" HThe purple bamboo forest five meters from me,
% i# h% v4 ~0 a( }& }9 rPut it gently.
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And then she run to a pig-cheek bone
6 i2 a1 Z) K8 [! @, ]2 ?' n( qWith deep love
She won’t leave it any more
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8 `  n$ q+ k4 W6 k) aThis is apple_a puppy’s belief
; k/ j% Z5 K5 |' c2 k* u% W0 i8 ^Although I told her
Peanuts are nutrient-rich
She still persist in loving those bones.

奥冬

很好的事情