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南北

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南北的现代禅诗
& m& F+ }0 S7 R. Y/ t0 YMODERN ZEN POEMS BY NANBEI
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. X) P3 f1 I* x2 V（李艳敏 译）



; I- E% Q( z! v4 D1 t南北的诗（12首）
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" v8 Y0 L6 Q& x: U, }《写作》
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- q/ U" x& k# W/ Y1 t) E+ U1 |笔，不再是笔
$ t3 b5 q* `* ?纸，也不再是纸
有人在灯下来去

四万八千朵莲花中
只这朵
3 E0 W0 f& x3 W7 L: y5 y. j2 G开在心里

! ?! [0 W$ M1 ?8 X; j8 e% HWriting
7 P% p( V$ `3 _* `# Z: _by nanbei
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The pen,is not a pen any more
9 |& d1 P: E- z6 K* Z" |The paper is not a piece of paper,either.
* n, ~* J( i" v5 J9 pSomeone has been here and gone in the light.

Forty-eight thousand lotus,
& S2 M/ G$ N8 q+ Qonly this one
Bloooms in my heart.
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+ p$ M. w3 x; J2 A4 ?  C《无忧树》

当忧愁围拢成湖泊
' p+ V6 c6 Q0 |$ ]% [树在坚持说——
5 t$ t, U( i2 w9 }% M我不知道。

佛在树下诞生
3 ?' d' ~0 {/ r+ b  u而那七朵地涌的金莲
是树的骄傲。
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A no-sadness Tree

4 v. n4 G! L1 W2 H- rby nanbei
' I" `& q5 r7 ?8 VWhen the sadness gathered , being a lake.
The tree still insisted to say,
8 x" F/ n" W- V) Q3 v: p“I know nothing.”
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Buddha was born under the tree,
5 M! G, v. G8 v5 E3 `While the seven golden lotuses springed from the earth
are the pride of the tree.


《读信》

- z# o. v+ V1 o  H: T5 z信纸看着我
表情复杂——
一张脸在千里之外。
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6 {- W! S& T* K  p9 C9 `笔不相信字是真的
; a6 i3 M$ X" Q/ Z% c眼睛可有可无
  g- O6 ]2 ~; Z! B+ T天空，真的空了。

; I/ G" c- S0 RReading a Letter
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0 V0 d4 ]) ?/ V2 I' `( H& ]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
0 E8 k* M' }6 S# cmaybe my eyes are not important
: K1 a( e' L) D# e( l7 O$ NThe sky,is really empty.
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: m$ ]' N. S9 \5 H5 Z! C+ A《心香》
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这是一条
袅袅上升的
心灵之路。
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( }9 ]2 L& B9 A- E9 S' h! e/ @' m在烛前趺坐
) y' S  d+ l( L4 _, K! |9 `宁静是一柄绿色的
5 {, h" ^% s( H大伞。

2 p4 ?: E  q1 U, o- }2 r5 xthe fragrance from my soul

this is a rising road ,
It leads to my heart

! K* R/ z( D5 E  [# b+ m2 M6 tI am sitting in zen before a candle
; h0 i6 o% D. y" D' M+ @5 v  cand silence is like
a big green unmbrella.
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《世界地图》

整个的世界
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一瞥之中。

- j. ]0 d. ~; W9 b8 Y9 Z犹如蓝色的池塘中
" S. [+ U' b/ X# ~8 t不安开放着的
几朵睡莲。

. [& [  U$ A- R8 f+ n6 RA world map
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; F4 i; v8 b5 ~- TThe whole world is in my heart,
At the moment of
A glance of mine.
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  I1 x8 B. E' n; Z7 q* b  @it is so like
: `9 x5 M; L5 b' S5 N6 za few uneasy sleeping lotuses,
blooming in a blue pond.
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! W) Q( @3 r( X$ _  A9 N# N《鸡足山短句》
3 a" |+ ~6 @9 q' A4 e" ~6 _1 lShort poems in Jizhu Mountain

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; \" b6 {. \3 o  R# o% O" e$ I台阶上布满落叶
9 [3 z4 x( o% H( F0 [& T仿佛旅人的歌声
遗在风中     
One
. J. M3 l% I: D7 }! G. o% N2 TLeaves cover all the steps,
: z# S' \4 ]7 D" }like the songs of the travelers,
& j  R" u% _9 @' Llost in the wind.

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+ h2 y3 ~) ^1 K# i% z+ Y4 n& |阳光穿过竹林
照亮一片蛛网
以及，我手上的经卷.
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; y$ d$ E! |4 _' Y! h/ QThe sunlight go through the bamboo forest,
A piece of cobweb and the Buddhist text in my hand
were lit up.
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0 ^8 S1 l& h) Y  O6 q( \5 H佛殿前，香烟缭绕
如同众香客      
+ g9 _6 D+ R# D8 @' p模糊不清的愿心  

5 [% d" i1 r0 N$ @- t' B! yThree
The smoke is rising before the Buddha-hall,
As the unclearly wishing
of the pilgrims.
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一盆清静的水仙
2 f8 v  T/ @8 M* v& v+ ^# A在钟楼下面   
! _0 M9 {+ d) P9 _2 `' s0 P独自清香     
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Four
Under the bell tower,
A basin of quiet narcissus
  r% s+ B4 l( s& x: W- pare exuding fragrance.
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* L- e( z) h6 b) y; N, m6 N黄昏的虚云寺  
没有香客僧影
, C+ E0 v1 W+ w3 g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
in Xuyun Temple,
) [8 z" j% r0 aOnly the birds’ chirps leave in the sky.
2011-2-9 Jizhu Mountain

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《雪莲果》
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人说，你来自南美
是印第安人的神果
* `; e- o% \1 M0 ]8 u- d而我在云南与你相遇
$ ?& w2 d- @" \8 l) F是在下鸡邑我住的院落里

, `) i: T  w, v" o$ ?; g事情的简单之处
是你的枝叶与花朵
0 v' ]* W; T, C9 ^往往被初见者呼为向日葵
但你的果实却在地下
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果实，果实
: [: U* H3 \, ?每当我看到你的枝叶
& [' n+ l+ @/ L% |* J就想到那些土层中默默的生长
如同禅者的愿心
         

Yakon

5 Y# B* D' O/ m/ W1 [% z! ]Someone said,you are from South America,
You are something magical of Indian.
/ B# `9 Y$ R' S" _, P, G6 d$ UI meet you in Yunnan
% t( u; ?4 T9 F, x: J7 |in my yard of xiajiyi.

, N& a/ i0 Y( {9 YMaybe the simplest are in
your branches,leaves and flowers.
Usually,they are named sunflowers at the first
glance of people.

But your fruits are underground.
# j# _) Y( ?& v$ u7 sYakon,yakon,
$ U3 X# F# @3 B, [; ]/ y  ^When I see your branches and leaves,
I will think of your silent growing in the soil,
as the beautiful wishes of those meditators.
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) K; B3 \( t& Y1 W3 Z9 u8 y《花生》
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7 F; W; c9 _& ^: ^" r9 F我的意见是      
花生米一定要生吃
( w% Z- ]" ~( a1 Z2 g4 d1 [" j我就是这样做的

* V- K' k, x4 q8 N2 h( Y我在一座精舍的庭院里
  i- f" `9 c0 K' O) e$ N' O1 }种植过花生。它们匍匐在地
开花。然后在地下结果
     
我也曾经在一口破茶杯里  
种植花生。那不是为了果实
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Peanuts
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Peanuts must be eaten without any processing.
2 @6 r# r2 q3 b+ x1 @/ r& VI do eat them by this way.
: i$ M. `  _7 P$ J1 NI grew them. in a yard of my delicate abode.
& G' v8 x: ]8 K: uThey crawled along the earth,
( f/ n( U8 c! h8 e' D' G2 ]bloomed, then bore nuts underground.
Once I grew peanuts in an old teacup,
not for the peanuts,
/ f- O9 P% H& M$ Rbut for the green.

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5 ~6 z& A. Y0 i$ O* n《窗外苍山》

透过窗棂，我看到
苍山被上午的阳光照亮
依然有雪
6 F4 ?$ F; G3 d& @依然有白云如同飘带
9 N' o: g7 Q- K/ w/ O; a将这个春天的肩膀缠绕

# s0 n* z$ A, ^) E; \, v$ M我静静望着
我想，这是一个平常的春天
樱花开了
  L: S1 V. ^1 K$ _' N. Y  U  Z杜鹃花也开了
而那些传说中的故事
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Mountains Outside of the Windows

) J7 G7 x/ i' ]) R7 t7 h; }  jThrough the window lattice, I saw
Cang Mount is lighted by the moring sun.
Still, there is snow,
Still, there are white clouds as ribbons
" c0 L* }' d( U/ Iwinding the arms of spring .
) O( |2 H$ P, D6 JQuietly, seeing all of them,
: e' F$ O* d2 e7 x: Z# D/ J" V5 @I think, this is an usual spring.
/ l/ w8 n/ H$ D) J) ]/ S* UCherries are blossoming,
7 Q! |/ q* x7 z; zand azalea are blossoming, too.
6 d( v9 p. Q. C1 u4 ~However, those legend stories
( Y( s# Q& j/ d9 k5 ?never happened yet.
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) _- i5 Z5 C+ |# Y' Q: H$ y. R《送Dawn入鸡足山》
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车子开到寺院门口，天
已经黑了下来。雨
7 X4 P1 Y5 e5 G2 c; }* L4 V$ d也在夜色弥漫中悄悄下起
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谁也没有出声
寺院安静得连路灯都屏住了呼吸
2 b& f( E4 u& T6 k, Q' P$ v我们沿着青石台阶
% N. Z) B0 m& v去探视比丘尼的世界

/ l' u, p  E+ S/ Q你总是让人吃惊
- D9 z/ Z, y0 I: N5 G在老天的目瞪口呆中
开始了一场生命新的演算
我惟有不间断的重复
+ W! f: Z3 x  e' e1 V那句被唱得滚热发亮的真言——
嗡嘛呢，呗咪吽
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2 B2 l2 n% N" B# M( A2 ]哦，佛陀
4 c8 u8 k2 ^0 M* H! M( z也许踏上一条新的路途容易
而要截断身后那条经年反复的河流
' D  X( _! j! N9 F! D/ c- {# K难，难难
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; C0 `2 [* j/ g, K) W) q; M2 |Send Dawn toJizu Mount
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4 @5 w# b* R: w% I! Y! YWhen the car came before the door of the temple,
% z" M% a. `' g& L! L4 lIt has already been darkness.Rain quietly
$ b6 L+ }4 g3 T4 s! Lbegan in night darkness.

Neither of us said a word.
The temple was so quiet that the lamp can’t breath any more.
Along the green stone steps
; w& |. [3 w6 jWe looked for the world of nuns.

Always,you supprised others.
When  God stunned,
9 ]4 `# y: Y9 \You began to a new caculatation of life.
; N# r$ P6 W* \0 H4 d# p- ^I only endless repeated
$ \: o4 K7 T9 }. K& `. ^' n  }the mantras which was sung so hot,
/ i8 B+ C4 a# B, R7 U% \"won,ma,ni,bei,mei,hong"

Maybe it is easy to step a new road,
while to cut the flowing river all years behind us  is
so difficult,difficult and difficult.


《芹菜》
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5 m& e7 \! M8 \/ r6 K" i芹菜的清香和声名
自唐代开始      
一碗芹菜面流传至今
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现在，我赞美芹菜  
是因为那样一份现实中的不俗
常在唇齿间
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Celery

Its fragrance and name came from Tang Dynasty.
A bowl of celery noodles came down till now.
Now, I praise it
Cause the uncommon traits of it in true life
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《apple的信念》

我给她一粒花生米
& @: u/ k+ K  O0 v) x4 K' d她就衔着。然后跑到
: e% _' ^% S, J8 U4 p) b! m& `' z. t离我五米的紫竹丛边
8 N; Q" \5 a# e# n0 Z9 Z轻轻放下。

再然后，她跑向一块
在山神庙前衔来的
9 u+ h/ S+ o) _3 F1 w7 O1 P. R猪的面颊骨前，情深意切
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" i- f8 L" U3 g这就是apple——
一只小狗的信念。
尽管我告诉她
. z" G9 {( ?9 j% g1 p; j; o. O6 Z花生米营养丰富，她还是
坚持着喜欢，那些骨头。
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& G% _) R; c- C* E5 n8 v6 R2014-2-17，半山茅舍。
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9 k; q7 e1 \4 i- rApple’s belief
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I gave a peanut to her
8 f: |5 R  b  |  t! @She caught it,then run to
The purple bamboo forest five meters from me,
Put it gently.
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And then she run to a pig-cheek bone
With deep love
She won’t leave it any more

This is apple_a puppy’s belief
3 M% k0 t, F% @2 C1 _9 JAlthough I told her
Peanuts are nutrient-rich
She still persist in loving those bones.

奥冬

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