汉译英12首

南北

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南北的现代禅诗
MODERN ZEN POEMS BY NANBEI

（李艳敏 译）

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" W* r$ p8 V3 e/ J南北的诗（12首）

《写作》
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笔，不再是笔
纸，也不再是纸
/ n( e& D% W9 z; {有人在灯下来去

四万八千朵莲花中
只这朵
开在心里

Writing
by nanbei
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The pen,is not a pen any more
6 x3 m! M4 F/ i& X. _& `The paper is not a piece of paper,either.
0 S: _( ?9 E( f: T; D1 bSomeone has been here and gone in the light.
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Forty-eight thousand lotus,
only this one
9 Q8 F! k0 v% Z& [( W9 q8 DBloooms in my heart.


" o# W* X* i5 u8 ~$ B7 Y: z, E《无忧树》

当忧愁围拢成湖泊
1 P7 c+ y, |6 m1 L+ F2 U/ W树在坚持说——
我不知道。

佛在树下诞生
而那七朵地涌的金莲
是树的骄傲。

A no-sadness Tree
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by nanbei
3 ~  i2 b$ z$ o3 x: A6 S. Q( [5 p0 V2 wWhen the sadness gathered , being a lake.
The tree still insisted to say,
“I know nothing.”
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Buddha was born under the tree,
While the seven golden lotuses springed from the earth
  M' W0 w' y  Y; Z) Y# @6 x% Care the pride of the tree.

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  J$ ]# Y# P8 _《读信》

信纸看着我
3 Q, S7 t0 @3 }0 B$ ?/ B$ D: B* s. R) b表情复杂——
" Y! b3 z6 M4 @+ F1 e, x4 L! F; A一张脸在千里之外。

' r1 ~5 T) K; r' |! R5 E# N6 V; T笔不相信字是真的
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
3 _; y2 z( O( j* S' f' Owhose experession is so complex
that face ,Thousands miles away from me
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* _. }2 |" {/ }9 _) }. B- Nthe pen can’t believe the handwriting is true
maybe my eyes are not important
9 _8 Y; U; h4 _' HThe sky,is really empty.


《心香》

这是一条
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心灵之路。

在烛前趺坐
, u- F1 p- P& D: P4 Z# R8 ?. J宁静是一柄绿色的
  Z  R3 H6 M% X4 W( M9 K大伞。
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. X+ R2 i. i% K; J+ |+ Fthe fragrance from my soul
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this is a rising road ,
3 p, Y" _0 @) i7 t5 W5 cIt leads to my heart
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I am sitting in zen before a candle
and silence is like
a big green unmbrella.

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《世界地图》
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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
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A world map

  J. _7 F0 c* l" CThe whole world is in my heart,
% o6 f' x0 j0 o6 VAt the moment of
A glance of mine.

+ ^+ E3 F; d9 m4 Rit is so like
/ e2 C& W& {& y7 G% _+ m2 d$ qa few uneasy sleeping lotuses,
- r  }5 D& a/ B3 H0 ~% I1 ^8 B3 oblooming in a blue pond.
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; [0 @) P6 C) y* [《鸡足山短句》
) k2 z5 u$ d5 t# {Short poems in Jizhu Mountain

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& x& o5 q7 J: A- n! o2 f' o台阶上布满落叶
仿佛旅人的歌声
遗在风中     
One
Leaves cover all the steps,
like the songs of the travelers,
lost in the wind.
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2
, Z1 l' J2 O, z6 d" F: L5 i阳光穿过竹林
; ~  d" \; y/ V/ }照亮一片蛛网
以及，我手上的经卷.
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The sunlight go through the bamboo forest,
A piece of cobweb and the Buddhist text in my hand
. K4 R/ J: H: E/ k6 fwere lit up.
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( N4 A" @/ R# G0 U( I% X: g如同众香客      
模糊不清的愿心  
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  `' _* C6 ^' u0 N6 B1 l9 qThree
1 l( I6 |0 s& _The smoke is rising before the Buddha-hall,
; Y. e8 Z6 B5 @2 N& WAs the unclearly wishing
of the pilgrims.
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# N. c7 [5 l) }0 {一盆清静的水仙
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独自清香     
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Four
  W, l$ |- |. ]Under the bell tower,
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are exuding fragrance.
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. i7 I/ _3 K9 J  v9 `7 t& e黄昏的虚云寺  
没有香客僧影
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At dusk, there are no pilgrims and monks
in Xuyun Temple,
Only the birds’ chirps leave in the sky.
2011-2-9 Jizhu Mountain


《雪莲果》

8 r) |5 z4 t3 Q7 `3 R人说，你来自南美
是印第安人的神果
而我在云南与你相遇
3 l- S* g& Q) I/ @是在下鸡邑我住的院落里
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事情的简单之处
# Q( X- D. W' v1 z4 d是你的枝叶与花朵
2 l' L; `' I- r* r* y, K* w  K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
9 I1 x, a& `( \3 E, u/ g每当我看到你的枝叶
3 k* k8 C/ N4 I& L% k# r就想到那些土层中默默的生长
9 O9 I9 W' J' a8 q& G如同禅者的愿心
         

Yakon
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# _' D3 D5 U, j0 b5 X! D2 dSomeone said,you are from South America,
You are something magical of Indian.
I meet you in Yunnan
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" D& c) G) {  S2 E$ ^Maybe the simplest are in
your branches,leaves and flowers.
Usually,they are named sunflowers at the first
, `4 R7 _/ F4 K; r& Z# w" yglance of people.
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But your fruits are underground.
Yakon,yakon,
& ~  E3 L2 a0 J7 b9 J/ V! RWhen I see your branches and leaves,
I will think of your silent growing in the soil,
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《花生》

我的意见是      
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6 V5 Y/ k; q: C' \9 j, T, s我就是这样做的
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* \" Q, w/ u% f: S, e我在一座精舍的庭院里
种植过花生。它们匍匐在地
: i1 C: g' n! a/ Q  V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
而是绿色
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Peanuts
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Peanuts must be eaten without any processing.
I do eat them by this way.
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,
not for the peanuts,
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《窗外苍山》
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/ V0 G% i, w8 G3 W6 B# O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
将这个春天的肩膀缠绕
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6 K6 C& [$ \. J, U' M4 T) U$ i我静静望着
我想，这是一个平常的春天
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/ a. y* Q# p1 d# x) s杜鹃花也开了
而那些传说中的故事
却没有发生

8 S2 p2 |7 |# Z, k4 {: CMountains Outside of the Windows

Through the window lattice, I saw
- o2 k4 r- L$ X; q2 k. ?5 uCang Mount is lighted by the moring sun.
0 v8 K) o: ~2 m3 H5 mStill, there is snow,
( i! A: f$ j! B% V  S# L/ U. pStill, there are white clouds as ribbons
( C* O- j9 J, v/ M" f: ?! |: pwinding the arms of spring .
) N: `/ F% w7 y; e2 x3 VQuietly, seeing all of them,
' |, C! }6 K  f! Q1 rI think, this is an usual spring.
Cherries are blossoming,
and azalea are blossoming, too.
However, those legend stories
never happened yet.

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《送Dawn入鸡足山》

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已经黑了下来。雨
! H2 ^# f& R! v+ H9 `也在夜色弥漫中悄悄下起
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谁也没有出声
1 L/ ^) }# j! h! J寺院安静得连路灯都屏住了呼吸
我们沿着青石台阶
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你总是让人吃惊
  D6 c2 V9 u1 M$ ?/ i  Q' `在老天的目瞪口呆中
% i# d6 _* q' m0 O( l+ o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——
9 G* o! v; y2 Z! Y2 e/ P嗡嘛呢，呗咪吽
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而要截断身后那条经年反复的河流
难，难难

6 J! A. E6 u/ A- b! I9 NSend 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.
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Neither of us said a word.
! v# |9 L5 `+ L0 `# {. EThe 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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. ]! G4 h; A9 V+ M1 @Always,you supprised others.
When  God stunned,
9 @0 N6 `# |; l: fYou began to a new caculatation of life.
  M& s6 i2 {" q9 BI 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,
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
4 b( K/ d6 n% r1 g" J8 I自唐代开始      
! _) O" ~, r6 x# ^( X一碗芹菜面流传至今

5 d# ]# h* M! A- k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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Its fragrance and name came from Tang Dynasty.
A bowl of celery noodles came down till now.
  c3 h5 i( R) r( c9 ]Now, I praise it
# j5 V, U9 L2 m0 b# F3 U5 ^/ ICause the uncommon traits of it in true life
) |2 ~) n# Q3 D0 Ystill leave fragrance between my lips.


《apple的信念》
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我给她一粒花生米
" d; I" y- s$ Y' q% \5 y她就衔着。然后跑到
离我五米的紫竹丛边
: ^0 O8 Z& A+ w9 S( j9 v1 n6 Q轻轻放下。

7 U' j  V  t6 Z+ i再然后，她跑向一块
3 u$ Z8 Q0 A: l在山神庙前衔来的
猪的面颊骨前，情深意切
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6 v2 M8 a. n* }# o+ r这就是apple——
一只小狗的信念。
尽管我告诉她
4 _: M! K5 A8 `0 G* a花生米营养丰富，她还是
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Apple’s belief
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. a3 e+ o/ L4 x' b4 s' g# ?I gave a peanut to her
She caught it,then run to
The purple bamboo forest five meters from me,
Put it gently.

' @3 e1 @1 D" F, dAnd 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
Although I told her
Peanuts are nutrient-rich
She still persist in loving those bones.

奥冬

很好的事情