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南北

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南北的现代禅诗
( X+ r6 l/ M% xMODERN ZEN POEMS BY NANBEI

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& P4 s5 ]( r7 M- p9 j* ^南北的诗（12首）

" v: }6 ]& p% o: Q- D《写作》
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笔，不再是笔
9 p+ Y' i& H! z2 I: W' ?# h; W纸，也不再是纸
* Z. B8 w0 ?1 f1 K8 S' X2 T有人在灯下来去

四万八千朵莲花中
, H5 }. f/ W% A! z. r- B只这朵
" E' k) I/ F; t& g2 z; I开在心里

1 p. ?4 p$ @" A4 vWriting
by nanbei
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The pen,is not a pen any more
2 q, s; N' ^4 z( n8 B$ X& LThe paper is not a piece of paper,either.
7 p9 W" u7 o" w9 D( x7 _5 J" uSomeone has been here and gone in the light.
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8 l: M* ~* l2 U5 ~8 K" fForty-eight thousand lotus,
4 n1 A& [* @/ d: Conly this one
2 K& e. X3 W- c2 [3 U/ v* U8 Y5 Q/ |Bloooms in my heart.
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《无忧树》
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当忧愁围拢成湖泊
/ j3 S) s* p: d& D/ j5 D) C' f) ?树在坚持说——
我不知道。

佛在树下诞生
而那七朵地涌的金莲
# T) _. w/ h% S2 u8 N$ C. V7 F是树的骄傲。

A no-sadness Tree
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by nanbei
$ e2 r' ^2 z# k- H; j* N6 Y3 |When the sadness gathered , being a lake.
2 @; ^2 d# T; t( z9 r! l3 B* NThe tree still insisted to say,
“I know nothing.”
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0 J$ P0 K2 m/ RBuddha was born under the tree,
While the seven golden lotuses springed from the earth
7 [% ^3 {0 J% _. j! S) Hare the pride of the tree.
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《读信》

信纸看着我
表情复杂——
# w1 r" M2 C) E) M6 ^5 \一张脸在千里之外。
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) W; K6 a( ^( W9 R) F+ n9 I笔不相信字是真的
& i9 B; {5 y; `" e眼睛可有可无
& F- z( W4 R: o- c8 m) |6 A天空，真的空了。
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, O' w' O! d/ Y: `Reading a Letter
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the letter paper look at me
& ]* G6 V0 P& ^' h$ u7 t, q8 hwhose experession is so complex
4 G  K, i1 |* \1 _) {+ Ithat face ,Thousands miles away from me

the pen can’t believe the handwriting is true
maybe my eyes are not important
4 B& M5 k3 Z7 ^+ C! O# q1 _The sky,is really empty.

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5 _' b. s* _0 m# `0 r4 {( e+ [+ u《心香》

0 s% h1 d1 g. i! B. l1 T这是一条
0 a6 n+ o) a7 f0 d7 k6 M袅袅上升的
5 ~* A; Z% G! J. A8 P心灵之路。
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在烛前趺坐
; K- u; f; E3 N2 R9 _* M, q0 x宁静是一柄绿色的
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the fragrance from my soul

0 a7 X9 ~! V, D! K' Wthis is a rising road ,
It leads to my heart
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I am sitting in zen before a candle
8 O5 O) w/ T# |0 x0 Cand silence is like
, @. y# U" b7 a& b, i% M: Da big green unmbrella.
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4 b" u* n8 R  G$ b) t8 S6 b, S《世界地图》

6 s: ]& n3 a; B整个的世界
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  N9 ]' w/ j, @7 x( x一瞥之中。
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犹如蓝色的池塘中
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几朵睡莲。
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A world map

" F  v- r' w( sThe whole world is in my heart,
At the moment of
! v0 \5 [; c! T  h. X) w2 UA glance of mine.
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it is so like
* V1 O; c4 i1 Q: `& O' ?a few uneasy sleeping lotuses,
blooming in a blue pond.
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* @7 f( z3 I; d- ^3 a! u《鸡足山短句》
" P( S) a" \+ d  F, f2 @Short poems in Jizhu Mountain
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( \0 A* [: q- F& k6 r( y台阶上布满落叶
仿佛旅人的歌声
遗在风中     
One
1 C7 n5 e) M# i' aLeaves cover all the steps,
2 G+ S: b1 G+ g# v7 J* ]like the songs of the travelers,
lost in the wind.
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阳光穿过竹林
照亮一片蛛网
以及，我手上的经卷.
Two
0 Z" Q& g" N$ x; cThe sunlight go through the bamboo forest,
A piece of cobweb and the Buddhist text in my hand
were lit up.
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$ e! J2 ^5 b& X" S& f" E1 h! A6 e1 G佛殿前，香烟缭绕
如同众香客      
) {2 V& ^& o7 w3 e9 ?* ?模糊不清的愿心  
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& V6 w& {" ?5 x9 wThree
+ c" {6 M& e0 [( ]1 T0 MThe smoke is rising before the Buddha-hall,
4 ~# Q5 u1 [( D4 {As the unclearly wishing
of the pilgrims.
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; D4 `- @, v' j" ]( R  m一盆清静的水仙
在钟楼下面   
' x8 k( j. d6 r! g, b+ X" w. S独自清香     
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Four
$ h: `1 r0 d/ U8 KUnder the bell tower,
A basin of quiet narcissus
/ O1 W6 Z/ c: y7 l4 f1 oare exuding fragrance.
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6 w# Z/ D+ X( G. ?9 D7 T. ?" R没有香客僧影
惟有一束鸟语空悬
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5 ?, l1 e; i2 ~  F# S; WFive
" t% B/ s& n+ v7 [At dusk, there are no pilgrims and monks
in Xuyun Temple,
# s& o* W; m) B7 _! YOnly the birds’ chirps leave in the sky.
3 y; h) x4 B6 @- X6 W3 Q" Z0 u2011-2-9 Jizhu Mountain

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《雪莲果》
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人说，你来自南美
% H; K: h6 B% I是印第安人的神果
而我在云南与你相遇
' Y3 D8 p1 W: X- i$ S  q  y是在下鸡邑我住的院落里
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事情的简单之处
是你的枝叶与花朵
$ v* U8 ^4 n* q6 i9 E' l$ }往往被初见者呼为向日葵
0 K: z$ W* B0 D* N( p7 s/ o/ c但你的果实却在地下
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+ f1 K8 Z9 d4 r$ @果实，果实
% g* c1 U* n  Z( U& [  Y4 s每当我看到你的枝叶
就想到那些土层中默默的生长
7 Z; m* d% `( [0 M# x* ^如同禅者的愿心
         

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; i3 O' D7 _+ l+ e5 d2 I' I4 K# T7 y% tSomeone said,you are from South America,
You are something magical of Indian.
I meet you in Yunnan
in my yard of xiajiyi.

  I/ l! E/ j9 a/ r3 L4 i3 @Maybe the simplest are in
7 n8 Y; G! s' ^% w" O0 I" D& vyour branches,leaves and flowers.
Usually,they are named sunflowers at the first
glance of people.
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But your fruits are underground.
5 `4 k! {8 A% F1 [+ \8 oYakon,yakon,
) Q: p5 ?, E: f8 R7 [! g+ rWhen 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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  m' Q: N% o9 w9 X- G" r《花生》
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& \% X0 q" S7 [' Y我的意见是      
花生米一定要生吃
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
开花。然后在地下结果
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我也曾经在一口破茶杯里  
种植花生。那不是为了果实
而是绿色
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Peanuts

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Peanuts must be eaten without any processing.
- ~) _5 S3 J; h* C0 tI do eat them by this way.
5 H: Z: x' u2 ~1 n& UI grew them. in a yard of my delicate abode.
They crawled along the earth,
; k4 U. i: ^+ o6 mbloomed, then bore nuts underground.
Once I grew peanuts in an old teacup,
not for the peanuts,
8 p$ ], X" F$ `- U1 J8 dbut for the green.

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5 D1 Y" ^5 S8 y4 ]+ D; E《窗外苍山》
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透过窗棂，我看到
苍山被上午的阳光照亮
' A; E6 T  e$ k% t5 @) N依然有雪
依然有白云如同飘带
将这个春天的肩膀缠绕

& R% v2 f) z+ H. o4 G我静静望着
我想，这是一个平常的春天
5 A9 e3 z' t- I樱花开了
* A- ?2 M6 j  C( l杜鹃花也开了
而那些传说中的故事
却没有发生

Mountains Outside of the Windows

Through the window lattice, I saw
Cang Mount is lighted by the moring sun.
Still, there is snow,
1 P0 v) C6 ?! ]. N( [  ^2 y2 ]Still, there are white clouds as ribbons
9 M& r! n8 ]4 |6 g0 z6 p8 _5 e, Vwinding the arms of spring .
Quietly, seeing all of them,
I think, this is an usual spring.
Cherries are blossoming,
and azalea are blossoming, too.
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never happened yet.


《送Dawn入鸡足山》

车子开到寺院门口，天
已经黑了下来。雨
也在夜色弥漫中悄悄下起
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5 W7 s( o5 Z# K2 W1 J4 |) t谁也没有出声
寺院安静得连路灯都屏住了呼吸
; v6 I5 b* J) Y0 u" B0 x+ ]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
在老天的目瞪口呆中
3 x! Z0 H7 V- p8 ?9 H* n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——
嗡嘛呢，呗咪吽
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哦，佛陀
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
难，难难
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, @4 L$ q4 S, ~Send Dawn toJizu Mount

When the car came before the door of the temple,
It has already been darkness.Rain quietly
8 P5 q3 c+ C) {+ S; Nbegan in night darkness.
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Neither of us said a word.
; @: w" {; x& b  ]" iThe temple was so quiet that the lamp can’t breath any more.
9 o; I" O# s" N* h* W6 VAlong the green stone steps
We looked for the world of nuns.
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Always,you supprised others.
When  God stunned,
You began to a new caculatation of life.
I only endless repeated
the 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,
7 S0 v; C$ i- x& X& [while to cut the flowing river all years behind us  is
6 r" d' H; L# ^8 ?; N1 wso difficult,difficult and difficult.

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- i- \9 v- a) i+ W& e《芹菜》
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芹菜的清香和声名
' O2 q) x7 s7 s0 g9 ^2 X6 W自唐代开始      
一碗芹菜面流传至今
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0 r( }0 K8 b: m$ ^" }: H# L" d6 q现在，我赞美芹菜  
, @. o; g8 s  z% A! F1 B) v1 c是因为那样一份现实中的不俗
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Celery

# f7 k, r$ j# }7 qIts fragrance and name came from Tang Dynasty.
: C1 H9 M3 K8 L) {3 t8 ?A bowl of celery noodles came down till now.
) ?& ]7 t; K  i: U, cNow, I praise it
" ]0 q0 m& p: ZCause the uncommon traits of it in true life
still leave fragrance between my lips.
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《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
& k, T& A' O$ ~: ^3 T5 z% [轻轻放下。

再然后，她跑向一块
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猪的面颊骨前，情深意切
不再离开。
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这就是apple——
一只小狗的信念。
尽管我告诉她
花生米营养丰富，她还是
坚持着喜欢，那些骨头。
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, Z" x) }, G4 m) ~Apple’s belief

5 Y! I. m0 w! m5 ~  OI gave a peanut to her
8 o7 o8 H2 l  o/ U7 O- D4 SShe caught it,then run to
The purple bamboo forest five meters from me,
Put it gently.

And then she run to a pig-cheek bone
With deep love
# a% j4 V3 `" W; ]& x, KShe won’t leave it any more

This is apple_a puppy’s belief
Although I told her
# [% h2 y. q- p5 a3 m' U' KPeanuts are nutrient-rich
# z# B# ^0 N* }+ G0 _She still persist in loving those bones.
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