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9 Z1 Q: s" W4 ^/ e/ c南北的现代禅诗
MODERN ZEN POEMS BY NANBEI

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南北的诗（12首）

6 n2 H+ G/ j; U5 V. g0 T5 P《写作》
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3 Q$ E, I6 j' p+ |笔，不再是笔
纸，也不再是纸
有人在灯下来去

5 y5 a! ?  D$ O# r四万八千朵莲花中
" y  s: z8 K- y* g8 `+ _只这朵
开在心里

Writing
2 r5 G. H( E5 W& b5 i5 A+ xby nanbei
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  d+ @7 F+ Y8 A7 T$ @! eThe pen,is not a pen any more
! |7 Z0 V% R5 M7 w1 W# dThe paper is not a piece of paper,either.
Someone has been here and gone in the light.

Forty-eight thousand lotus,
8 @( A- q- L5 a$ N- conly this one
/ Y4 `, u( S. \+ BBloooms in my heart.


《无忧树》

当忧愁围拢成湖泊
) A) `; a  r- L8 m树在坚持说——
* M1 Q& X2 U# n2 Q  X$ \& z我不知道。

佛在树下诞生
9 ~5 Y' d4 ~7 M: ~5 E6 R2 [* Z而那七朵地涌的金莲
是树的骄傲。
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A no-sadness Tree

. p( X, \! C( K) [4 Yby nanbei
When the sadness gathered , being a lake.
# q' q, m3 ~, n+ X* {* @# ?The tree still insisted to say,
“I know nothing.”

& _: [! K1 b6 ~& t) R" g! |7 lBuddha was born under the tree,
& C, I+ E& t8 v7 Z% r6 d" L9 WWhile the seven golden lotuses springed from the earth
' M; t1 f% Z3 L( o7 Jare the pride of the tree.
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" W: A1 B! f# f+ U& v# Y《读信》
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. H2 W; I- t" m+ O7 ], [( O+ j% `" ^信纸看着我
  N5 |4 n; `6 s) S0 n  I表情复杂——
一张脸在千里之外。

笔不相信字是真的
' P. J. c/ [1 O; U! ]眼睛可有可无
天空，真的空了。

! H6 @* M. ^$ e; F% C# nReading a Letter

the letter paper look at me
# r- C( Y' a  |8 |8 |whose experession is so complex
that face ,Thousands miles away from me

the pen can’t believe the handwriting is true
$ f, p# N5 g/ D# S& }maybe my eyes are not important
The sky,is really empty.
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* j" s8 @: [5 x* S+ a5 `( T, Q) A6 z《心香》

这是一条
$ g  T3 w) K8 C" \% W7 l/ l袅袅上升的
& }9 j$ N& p" a# P心灵之路。

4 K: a  d$ B& x( q在烛前趺坐
/ J8 w# v- d$ X  c- W8 {5 m宁静是一柄绿色的
; G4 H0 l- d0 I  ]; b, m0 x大伞。

the fragrance from my soul

/ L2 q& R# D% s! N: vthis is a rising road ,
It leads to my heart

I am sitting in zen before a candle
and silence is like
* V& B& a3 M$ m- [0 L8 A3 aa big green unmbrella.


7 Q* T4 {- }, R1 t5 k1 K《世界地图》

2 |2 V. Z' t& }! R9 _$ T整个的世界
7 M) l( k  w; Q8 s! j" `! z# _便在这
  }, u- |! h* u  {/ F一瞥之中。
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6 J" C5 B; L+ W+ Z3 ^3 p2 V犹如蓝色的池塘中
不安开放着的
几朵睡莲。

! o% u* D, v# O2 `8 jA world map

$ L% m1 f% p0 P* c0 s0 @4 P' D8 ZThe whole world is in my heart,
At the moment of
! O7 S" f9 }8 Y$ m. SA glance of mine.

% Y4 `: x5 U; }+ K* ^it is so like
9 r: F: T: N- e7 H' ?1 U" T$ wa few uneasy sleeping lotuses,
blooming in a blue pond.
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《鸡足山短句》
Short poems in Jizhu Mountain

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( S  E3 p) ~( R: M; f! N台阶上布满落叶
( I  Y8 R0 l, t& `仿佛旅人的歌声
# l. X# [; h+ W& P9 n6 H: R遗在风中     
One
Leaves cover all the steps,
: b% p5 [/ B7 Dlike the songs of the travelers,
; I5 u( ~% @, H* j4 Jlost in the wind.

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阳光穿过竹林
照亮一片蛛网
) T- x( `5 W+ d. g9 K! R! T, J3 p以及，我手上的经卷.
& q0 c  M& E5 t$ }- I' \: v# ^6 e$ mTwo
The sunlight go through the bamboo forest,
A piece of cobweb and the Buddhist text in my hand
were lit up.
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佛殿前，香烟缭绕
如同众香客      
/ H8 I+ f8 @2 J1 _- t模糊不清的愿心  
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Three
3 h+ j& R4 P: w, s  y, F2 @8 {The smoke is rising before the Buddha-hall,
9 j' y' R9 @5 I" U" kAs the unclearly wishing
8 }3 a; X2 {9 \1 e: f  Y) Q0 oof the pilgrims.
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一盆清静的水仙
在钟楼下面   
独自清香     
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8 p# I2 i6 k( s0 i' g; `2 _Four
4 |/ \, a( g3 D+ |  ]' iUnder the bell tower,
7 F. \$ K* M0 w6 DA basin of quiet narcissus
9 w: Y6 b- ?8 R* Iare exuding fragrance.
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黄昏的虚云寺  
' e, a% g$ F. u5 y  h没有香客僧影
/ }5 O1 X6 v5 m2 n惟有一束鸟语空悬
2011-2-9，鸡足山

Five
6 A( l( J: T% _& f. b& FAt dusk, there are no pilgrims and monks
% L! p+ Z+ b4 Ein Xuyun Temple,
Only the birds’ chirps leave in the sky.
2011-2-9 Jizhu Mountain

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- h+ o' _/ [! `《雪莲果》

! b! [0 A0 I+ w人说，你来自南美
3 g! ?$ R3 E2 _7 j, I: F7 {1 v是印第安人的神果
而我在云南与你相遇
$ |" q6 |. ~, ^$ r8 K7 \是在下鸡邑我住的院落里

8 _% L+ k& u# \4 R/ w8 X* o事情的简单之处
是你的枝叶与花朵
/ ^2 Y' b2 {9 `: Z4 ~往往被初见者呼为向日葵
: u3 y/ O5 N9 c, s但你的果实却在地下
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) D# |! L2 {& b9 l6 u果实，果实
7 Z7 e. ~+ y5 y每当我看到你的枝叶
/ o4 w0 m6 b; m2 t0 {* r就想到那些土层中默默的生长
如同禅者的愿心
         

0 [' x- U' r! B1 M) JYakon

Someone said,you are from South America,
You are something magical of Indian.
! f! }+ V; R8 P, d/ Q4 a% cI meet you in Yunnan
' l! _) f& w$ t7 xin my yard of xiajiyi.
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Maybe the simplest are in
your branches,leaves and flowers.
Usually,they are named sunflowers at the first
" X/ @9 e3 w* G) Q9 tglance of people.

% H3 y/ T2 {; N2 q( iBut your fruits are underground.
Yakon,yakon,
8 ?  ^$ {& q' J: bWhen 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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《花生》
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9 l; C; s# {8 D, m- D( q$ e我的意见是      
6 O0 G5 M9 P5 @% y2 c花生米一定要生吃
6 _2 B& y; u4 n8 k- Z6 }我就是这样做的

我在一座精舍的庭院里
种植过花生。它们匍匐在地
6 |: x/ L$ C( O) x- H7 @+ s9 m开花。然后在地下结果
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- E4 ~8 h& o$ ~8 m0 A. A5 y我也曾经在一口破茶杯里  
" p% `. w* Q0 p- W4 o种植花生。那不是为了果实
而是绿色

2 D1 P8 M0 d6 a3 tPeanuts
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1 Y, R. a* d/ [+ |4 q* HI mean
Peanuts must be eaten without any processing.
9 h9 X6 M- g4 f$ L3 q" O/ |  t' _I do eat them by this way.
' F& n, F/ t- h1 S8 ~I grew them. in a yard of my delicate abode.
They crawled along the earth,
bloomed, then bore nuts underground.
Once I grew peanuts in an old teacup,
1 t3 W% Z$ ]* cnot for the peanuts,
but for the green.

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' U1 w- V7 w, \7 D: \" [《窗外苍山》
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7 y8 ^- \4 [2 G4 f透过窗棂，我看到
苍山被上午的阳光照亮
依然有雪
依然有白云如同飘带
, ~3 w; b( Z/ f; o( j0 J" H  ]" x& k将这个春天的肩膀缠绕
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我静静望着
我想，这是一个平常的春天
樱花开了
* F# R: u" G4 T/ h6 s) o杜鹃花也开了
! \7 r8 V4 p  X% w; P! E7 w/ x而那些传说中的故事
却没有发生
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Mountains Outside of the Windows

Through the window lattice, I saw
% V( r5 u; K' o$ T( U, ]+ Q8 I( fCang Mount is lighted by the moring sun.
* y- }  v% ]% K$ P) I8 xStill, there is snow,
Still, there are white clouds as ribbons
6 a  c. c. B) o2 c9 X0 {# X! twinding the arms of spring .
Quietly, seeing all of them,
I think, this is an usual spring.
0 L; H" ^+ ?* G2 w+ L  oCherries are blossoming,
8 k# x8 }1 ^' J( j* `4 ]% u4 p1 ]2 dand azalea are blossoming, too.
However, those legend stories
never happened yet.


) w, l- \! D& X5 H6 ^《送Dawn入鸡足山》

$ s& r. j# F0 Y/ }1 L车子开到寺院门口，天
已经黑了下来。雨
4 v+ ^* C* i* v; A也在夜色弥漫中悄悄下起

; i8 z! j3 \: X8 _* [3 r; R谁也没有出声
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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你总是让人吃惊
7 J/ U! k5 f( Q8 G; \, M在老天的目瞪口呆中
, [7 B+ q' d$ w) L1 J. U! d5 c开始了一场生命新的演算
% j2 s$ X; X3 |) i6 U4 U) J5 k我惟有不间断的重复
- W" m/ A) Z, t( l* _. r: n那句被唱得滚热发亮的真言——
- e9 A1 R0 e3 Y嗡嘛呢，呗咪吽
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( t! M  v0 Z, u- n7 ~5 C哦，佛陀
也许踏上一条新的路途容易
# j. u) p4 l% d7 m) n而要截断身后那条经年反复的河流
难，难难
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Send Dawn toJizu Mount
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When the car came before the door of the temple,
It has already been darkness.Rain quietly
began in night darkness.

Neither of us said a word.
/ ~0 `: V5 L. ^2 A- l" ?; iThe temple was so quiet that the lamp can’t breath any more.
Along the green stone steps
We looked for the world of nuns.
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' C" w8 a& |* x, C' ]$ W! K9 ~+ _2 zAlways,you supprised others.
8 k" ^( U0 `" i5 gWhen  God stunned,
% `  Y* O' |$ V0 a7 d' uYou began to a new caculatation of life.
, c* j1 X/ L' F/ o* @' wI only endless repeated
the mantras which was sung so hot,
) N9 f2 t: n' D$ V"won,ma,ni,bei,mei,hong"
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% m8 w) N) j- }9 M- A* IMaybe it is easy to step a new road,
while to cut the flowing river all years behind us  is
so difficult,difficult and difficult.
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《芹菜》

芹菜的清香和声名
6 Y7 j0 w; u/ l9 p- ^自唐代开始      
一碗芹菜面流传至今

现在，我赞美芹菜  
- k1 _$ A: }* U4 Z$ i. g% u  s是因为那样一份现实中的不俗
6 }) h" \9 P' j4 a常在唇齿间

Celery

Its fragrance and name came from Tang Dynasty.
A bowl of celery noodles came down till now.
$ N4 d4 M7 `8 A0 Q! c8 r; q5 \* W& ~3 @Now, I praise it
Cause the uncommon traits of it in true life
still leave fragrance between my lips.
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- J6 w$ ~% |6 d/ x. _4 g! h4 Z% t& U0 w# z《apple的信念》
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我给她一粒花生米
她就衔着。然后跑到
离我五米的紫竹丛边
' L, R3 b% P8 u# p; _; G轻轻放下。

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
不再离开。
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这就是apple——
- d- v$ |" z) f: G8 F一只小狗的信念。
5 p) {) W8 C2 m尽管我告诉她
( M% r3 {/ ?2 b3 _花生米营养丰富，她还是
7 A1 z  ^* y1 g+ \3 O坚持着喜欢，那些骨头。

) h* D. E* n- j7 r# M6 r5 D. }" H2014-2-17，半山茅舍。

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* \/ J6 R( u& _6 JApple’s belief
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" L6 _" U7 j' x) w8 RI gave a peanut to her
She caught it,then run to
, `3 J) D! c; i( ~- P' Z3 ^5 i& QThe purple bamboo forest five meters from me,
Put it gently.
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And then she run to a pig-cheek bone
" J# U: ]# k6 z0 ]9 ^$ c" W# M6 N' N" xWith deep love
She won’t leave it any more

This is apple_a puppy’s belief
4 ]3 F+ ^4 F) Z+ R; D/ [Although I told her
8 a3 e2 _9 A! ~3 F7 V3 S2 m3 }1 |Peanuts are nutrient-rich
She still persist in loving those bones.
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