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南北的现代禅诗
MODERN ZEN POEMS BY NANBEI

（李艳敏 译）



' }- r* f; R" A, r0 e* C南北的诗（12首）
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2 ?, U; ~% g$ f! l% Q1 U& v《写作》

笔，不再是笔
) I  W! y3 l7 g4 U4 ~纸，也不再是纸
9 |8 g) \) B/ {, F. o. s4 X有人在灯下来去

( b" r4 [1 y) k# i四万八千朵莲花中
只这朵
开在心里

" d5 `: M% X4 m9 o- h0 W8 VWriting
by nanbei
' n/ m) l7 N( \8 c/ k9 g5 l; t% I% f
$ v& w* W8 j$ k) h& Y* B- O6 X) cThe pen,is not a pen any more
The paper is not a piece of paper,either.
1 J5 i% t. V# v$ F* M) WSomeone has been here and gone in the light.

+ T  G( e2 I, cForty-eight thousand lotus,
+ R: C5 t( a5 p7 _7 f0 ~only this one
Bloooms in my heart.
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《无忧树》
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) A! D# q5 o" l4 {- P* G当忧愁围拢成湖泊
1 B7 D4 R0 n! E树在坚持说——
我不知道。
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佛在树下诞生
而那七朵地涌的金莲
是树的骄傲。
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3 w  D( R! ?$ u. O8 uA no-sadness Tree
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0 c" `' W/ z7 v# N9 S& L# y/ _by nanbei
When the sadness gathered , being a lake.
The tree still insisted to say,
“I know nothing.”
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9 j, V0 h- d, b+ D; ZBuddha was born under the tree,
, g  s: y$ v% @4 uWhile the seven golden lotuses springed from the earth
: J) i# q. p' e3 t! s7 Gare the pride of the tree.
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《读信》

2 f$ E) Q. K2 R. a信纸看着我
( B3 ~/ ?( L( r0 Z7 Z2 S2 W& v表情复杂——
一张脸在千里之外。
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4 H/ t/ c; c8 h( H% n笔不相信字是真的
6 c$ {5 `& p$ S0 ], j) J" F眼睛可有可无
天空，真的空了。

5 S0 y0 ^0 m1 c' pReading a Letter

$ X& u4 a. \) L8 j7 M! rthe 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
maybe my eyes are not important
The sky,is really empty.
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《心香》
7 _6 i% [0 {* {, d/ b: P! K4 Q. c/ e( \
这是一条
袅袅上升的
心灵之路。

; {. L$ k! y' s  r0 H在烛前趺坐
宁静是一柄绿色的
$ C* h1 h0 a# {5 P, ?: y大伞。
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, v7 O/ M1 n# M& i& cthe fragrance from my soul
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. |  b3 {+ s3 f8 v$ Bthis is a rising road ,
It leads to my heart
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$ E7 y/ C5 ]# P- L; W0 s+ wI am sitting in zen before a candle
$ o) ~4 E' d% P; i0 Hand silence is like
a big green unmbrella.
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" x  q7 d3 E% a' I2 b《世界地图》
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7 ]: j% D. C% Z' z; }/ M+ n整个的世界
( J* s8 y; d/ [7 R, x) q便在这
* }. g& c- ?3 N  Q$ v一瞥之中。
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犹如蓝色的池塘中
) Q, H, V* z& h% o不安开放着的
) g/ L; w6 u3 Z' Z& p6 ~$ G8 k几朵睡莲。

/ E, f* E% q% _& Y( h9 lA world map
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! N  C0 @7 P1 K% `0 f6 FThe whole world is in my heart,
At the moment of
A glance of mine.
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5 }- ]' t7 p7 P- F& F, fit is so like
6 z5 s: x) {0 ba few uneasy sleeping lotuses,
+ Q5 X1 r* p% {2 t# ]; V( xblooming in a blue pond.
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《鸡足山短句》
Short poems in Jizhu Mountain
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台阶上布满落叶
: V9 H# n3 R5 g' l6 I仿佛旅人的歌声
$ b9 @0 P* y. H* o. W遗在风中     
; _- H4 m) p  WOne
' T* t+ d/ C( ^Leaves cover all the steps,
like the songs of the travelers,
lost in the wind.

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阳光穿过竹林
* T0 {6 s+ E1 ]7 t2 X照亮一片蛛网
以及，我手上的经卷.
Two
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
% R' n- ]7 x' b  d( N如同众香客      
+ y, n3 d6 W% |0 k6 _, j! B模糊不清的愿心  
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" _# F1 c& r+ B: vThree
! w3 i) z3 T) c" p' a- DThe smoke is rising before the Buddha-hall,
  y" g5 Q% P, ~% I8 m7 JAs the unclearly wishing
of the pilgrims.
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. q7 [+ \# P% Q- x7 u9 u一盆清静的水仙
在钟楼下面   
独自清香     

Four
9 a0 ^$ P: h+ s0 \4 i) ^Under the bell tower,
A basin of quiet narcissus
+ C% O) Q3 [+ M5 x4 n, [4 `are exuding fragrance.
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" @- J0 ^5 Q9 G* x黄昏的虚云寺  
没有香客僧影
惟有一束鸟语空悬
2011-2-9，鸡足山
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Five
9 i$ h& D8 s+ J" r: F+ T2 mAt dusk, there are no pilgrims and monks
0 \7 n' x6 p, k: r' bin Xuyun Temple,
! j+ I+ u- W" [- N- V; \" `Only the birds’ chirps leave in the sky.
2011-2-9 Jizhu Mountain


《雪莲果》

人说，你来自南美
. _1 t! o  `/ H: H1 ?, @是印第安人的神果
/ O4 `- f' I3 }; i而我在云南与你相遇
是在下鸡邑我住的院落里

5 n& B+ y7 H, s! u7 U/ {  m) P事情的简单之处
" M0 G# b6 m* @0 W0 [7 b是你的枝叶与花朵
往往被初见者呼为向日葵
但你的果实却在地下
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' I% S, G3 l' G3 y9 J7 C果实，果实
每当我看到你的枝叶
, z& q! J0 ]) _' r: @# P' F' o就想到那些土层中默默的生长
如同禅者的愿心
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Yakon

+ K9 N) S3 k9 V, y4 l& ]7 dSomeone said,you are from South America,
You are something magical of Indian.
I meet you in Yunnan
in my yard of xiajiyi.
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- @; E4 f( ^  l9 u+ T! p) eMaybe the simplest are in
( g6 _8 R* X: N7 z7 T  M3 Iyour branches,leaves and flowers.
3 E. f4 u( k& c" O& y8 Q6 ~Usually,they are named sunflowers at the first
) t) y6 |% ~0 ~3 ]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.
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《花生》

/ @* o& K* R2 u& C! J我的意见是      
8 Z; |, V1 A& i# b- @( R& i) k花生米一定要生吃
: c8 \" k" q. `5 w( M+ O我就是这样做的

* G) g8 i+ G/ w6 F$ W' E我在一座精舍的庭院里
种植过花生。它们匍匐在地
" c, I9 L; P9 X& l: Y8 ~开花。然后在地下结果
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7 v# m8 Y6 o9 l: ]. k) Q" W' _  D) Q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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0 V! Z; {4 m; ]: S5 l. R: l$ bPeanuts

' A) F8 ^! E( J8 P5 gI mean
Peanuts must be eaten without any processing.
I do eat them by this way.
I grew them. in a yard of my delicate abode.
3 [4 l- n4 \% j7 OThey crawled along the earth,
9 t5 Z0 x4 W, i& c1 ]; jbloomed, then bore nuts underground.
Once I grew peanuts in an old teacup,
' F4 n; n1 g. [( V2 Lnot for the peanuts,
but for the green.
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  Z2 a6 y/ ~' O% L. C7 I8 \1 R$ I《窗外苍山》

5 U# X8 d; H+ E/ t3 U. P  Z透过窗棂，我看到
& `) z: n: p: T' z4 E( C苍山被上午的阳光照亮
依然有雪
5 C' e* a  l1 Z# h; E% F依然有白云如同飘带
) M8 C& L7 p- k将这个春天的肩膀缠绕
7 {# y1 D9 H5 o& x: L* F" V
6 m* G. L% o3 J( s我静静望着
. c9 U) y' u& e我想，这是一个平常的春天
樱花开了
9 i+ i6 a' L& F9 ]! \" t杜鹃花也开了
而那些传说中的故事
$ ?/ l( t' b+ R3 G* J  ~却没有发生

Mountains Outside of the Windows
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Through the window lattice, I saw
# X7 a  X! U( F* a- w( U! nCang Mount is lighted by the moring sun.
Still, there is snow,
Still, there are white clouds as ribbons
) O& Y, H7 q# ?) ~6 {winding the arms of spring .
Quietly, seeing all of them,
) e" [6 v: l8 P/ n3 p9 v7 gI think, this is an usual spring.
Cherries are blossoming,
2 B$ c; @4 D8 |0 v( v. D" Qand azalea are blossoming, too.
However, those legend stories
3 n5 X; e4 d0 @) J* w/ l+ Onever happened yet.
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4 G4 \* d1 `4 j7 b3 K( Z  [《送Dawn入鸡足山》

车子开到寺院门口，天
7 J' N4 L4 @, n1 V; e7 a) h! J已经黑了下来。雨
也在夜色弥漫中悄悄下起

谁也没有出声
寺院安静得连路灯都屏住了呼吸
2 g& D# H0 E4 T0 _& x; R# ?我们沿着青石台阶
. M, f# b# _, M( U' X  Z* X去探视比丘尼的世界

你总是让人吃惊
! F; y) H5 b. H9 ]0 J0 s! N* ]/ x在老天的目瞪口呆中
; b4 K4 h& I& K, S9 h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

/ F3 |- H- [# v& B2 K: \, x1 S哦，佛陀
2 y: z& y$ L% O; U3 n) Z( ^, ~$ V5 ?也许踏上一条新的路途容易
7 u+ ]* s' ]. X' u而要截断身后那条经年反复的河流
/ Q/ N8 e* T) x9 J" B难，难难

4 e' u2 ]. h7 |; d# MSend Dawn toJizu Mount
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When the car came before the door of the temple,
6 ?5 [( A+ y9 {, MIt has already been darkness.Rain quietly
began 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
0 s, f6 n9 j0 v' E7 `We looked for the world of nuns.
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& R) o( H* a) @3 ]0 n: Y+ n9 I1 m: pAlways,you supprised others.
When  God stunned,
You began to a new caculatation of life.
: f( _! D& g$ r' uI only endless repeated
' I$ ^5 G0 T  c6 zthe mantras which was sung so hot,
"won,ma,ni,bei,mei,hong"

* f4 m# N5 Z# P, L; ?" L& v4 WMaybe it is easy to step a new road,
* h& U1 Q: I1 k- E- r) Z2 Fwhile to cut the flowing river all years behind us  is
- L( }% A; w# D% `  Mso difficult,difficult and difficult.

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" e0 j. j) O5 }: i. Q! d6 I《芹菜》

  F2 v, R2 `( z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  
; ]* x+ S2 `# Q9 l  d/ }& M4 H, L是因为那样一份现实中的不俗
# e- c+ w% i2 l7 b, H2 S+ W- Z常在唇齿间

" K2 K$ M, l6 Q, @0 S/ XCelery

Its fragrance and name came from Tang Dynasty.
A bowl of celery noodles came down till now.
* V, Q" q4 M2 BNow, I praise it
5 c# U. d- x& B; T) bCause the uncommon traits of it in true life
still leave fragrance between my lips.
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! C* T4 l5 m6 \* O《apple的信念》

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
轻轻放下。

再然后，她跑向一块
3 ^, y& o. j, @在山神庙前衔来的
: E' x- G( R& e9 v0 l3 I猪的面颊骨前，情深意切
, D% a, ~* b8 i5 M+ |不再离开。

* z$ ?$ f9 p& B' v. r: ?这就是apple——
$ ^" k6 o0 y6 R" E/ a一只小狗的信念。
尽管我告诉她
花生米营养丰富，她还是
" [* y$ I/ X: Q" I" Z$ i* C坚持着喜欢，那些骨头。
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Apple’s belief

- x$ J" a. l* Q& ]  g. W9 p! XI gave a peanut to her
She caught it,then run to
# ?% j& i3 {' P8 @* IThe purple bamboo forest five meters from me,
Put it gently.
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, S% u- v/ h. c/ s* g% g' S' {And then she run to a pig-cheek bone
7 z. N  J# h' R" r2 jWith deep love
% A8 V9 a0 t9 d. d" _. b* v5 HShe won’t leave it any more

This is apple_a puppy’s belief
  T; I& ^# K' W5 y5 ]' nAlthough I told her
Peanuts are nutrient-rich
She still persist in loving those bones.

奥冬

很好的事情