汉译英12首

南北

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- ?: V5 U# v9 H" z4 ]' h1 e3 y* Z南北的现代禅诗
MODERN ZEN POEMS BY NANBEI

（李艳敏 译）

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南北的诗（12首）

《写作》

! a) P) X4 F1 s5 e& {笔，不再是笔
. f6 p% e& z0 n  }8 S纸，也不再是纸
有人在灯下来去

四万八千朵莲花中
' t; A/ \2 \; a. s- N6 D只这朵
: P$ r$ P* ?1 p- l, o+ k开在心里

( Y0 [- `  r4 p3 l9 i% a3 p& XWriting
& L& z* \2 ~: _% ?. \. U* b; C% yby nanbei

The pen,is not a pen any more
The paper is not a piece of paper,either.
Someone has been here and gone in the light.
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* M5 ?+ Y( @$ MForty-eight thousand lotus,
0 C9 m0 J6 T% K( L; aonly this one
- `/ b$ Z3 Z; u' qBloooms in my heart.
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《无忧树》

当忧愁围拢成湖泊
3 Z) N  z3 D) }- ~8 p' H树在坚持说——
我不知道。

& n( `7 ?9 \6 F1 A% Y) Y佛在树下诞生
: z! ]+ Y) r. A& m/ c2 c4 ^; v而那七朵地涌的金莲
是树的骄傲。
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A no-sadness Tree
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by nanbei
When the sadness gathered , being a lake.
; T* k0 E9 E( MThe tree still insisted to say,
“I know nothing.”
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9 L! }  }* ?" Z! fBuddha was born under the tree,
7 U) d4 O' H+ h0 k. eWhile the seven golden lotuses springed from the earth
( O) E! i1 w( g; M5 A0 p2 Nare the pride of the tree.
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《读信》
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# ?) [  O" ?5 C9 s( }信纸看着我
$ {: S" M- S  b% m. R表情复杂——
一张脸在千里之外。
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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
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the letter paper look at me
  X5 D+ l9 Q" Z) Ewhose experession is so complex
  v7 w4 {. q4 sthat face ,Thousands miles away from me

" Q1 S( x' J% o, S8 k) h1 r: Z% u1 Nthe pen can’t believe the handwriting is true
1 i: U  X4 d7 Q3 rmaybe my eyes are not important
The sky,is really empty.
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《心香》
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这是一条
袅袅上升的
% u' ]" L7 g6 E) K& B; K& f6 S心灵之路。

在烛前趺坐
宁静是一柄绿色的
大伞。
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the fragrance from my soul

7 a$ F0 x: z  q  qthis is a rising road ,
It leads to my heart

I am sitting in zen before a candle
and silence is like
0 t) r+ c1 _. i$ Na big green unmbrella.

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《世界地图》
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整个的世界
# A/ G& ^" R& l. _便在这
$ l  l( D7 [/ I! f7 S一瞥之中。

. M3 ?$ I* t$ S9 W犹如蓝色的池塘中
2 Z6 F8 _+ G  L" E( b不安开放着的
7 h  _: J' y8 ^& f几朵睡莲。
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5 H4 j* x; k2 qA world map

The whole world is in my heart,
3 W3 a5 r! }& u/ {$ O4 K# U: X& Z- ZAt the moment of
A glance of mine.

0 v9 J8 C7 i2 G9 g3 Xit is so like
a few uneasy sleeping lotuses,
blooming in a blue pond.

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, [) f/ H$ I1 }2 ?! I8 X+ T《鸡足山短句》
Short poems in Jizhu Mountain

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台阶上布满落叶
仿佛旅人的歌声
遗在风中     
One
7 f0 g# B  g% `. L, dLeaves cover all the steps,
like the songs of the travelers,
$ Z9 g6 I/ @6 |, O7 f8 ylost in the wind.

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3 D' `3 V& g9 j! J9 }8 Y, E阳光穿过竹林
% }( G( P* z) a! ?$ Y. V* j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,
, n0 D, C, I+ z5 H% q3 |* k( J/ GA piece of cobweb and the Buddhist text in my hand
1 ]/ X* ~  O( W1 ^/ C3 C3 W( _were lit up.

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佛殿前，香烟缭绕
如同众香客      
- p7 {7 `' o7 f& ~6 |7 J模糊不清的愿心  
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Three
! J4 r. c8 C! j+ E; JThe smoke is rising before the Buddha-hall,
As the unclearly wishing
7 V5 O. ^& a5 a5 pof the pilgrims.
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1 N3 f! H# u( p, t: E1 b一盆清静的水仙
在钟楼下面   
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Under the bell tower,
A basin of quiet narcissus
are exuding fragrance.
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% I, W% R0 ^3 G9 v* l7 Z/ ~+ Y8 O黄昏的虚云寺  
. C! u7 s) D( j没有香客僧影
/ p) W2 H1 R  J4 [9 ?# N" }惟有一束鸟语空悬
2011-2-9，鸡足山
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At dusk, there are no pilgrims and monks
in Xuyun Temple,
Only the birds’ chirps leave in the sky.
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; B* ^9 E0 j* J- I3 v2 _《雪莲果》
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人说，你来自南美
/ U  D+ H% N- q是印第安人的神果
3 J  k* u4 i5 p8 W2 X9 i7 ?2 @而我在云南与你相遇
3 m  I6 Q7 K4 A1 }! p. @是在下鸡邑我住的院落里

8 p/ K. ~) ]+ x: C4 u& E事情的简单之处
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

2 l9 S4 N! |4 |* ^9 a, y6 S0 V8 _果实，果实
每当我看到你的枝叶
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

Someone said,you are from South America,
You are something magical of Indian.
* H/ k1 ~+ \5 [! B0 a" x) HI meet you in Yunnan
in my yard of xiajiyi.

) F* o, `/ M6 k1 P9 C/ |' G3 Y% I2 YMaybe the simplest are in
8 u  S1 l; G) ]$ X7 j; T5 Uyour branches,leaves and flowers.
Usually,they are named sunflowers at the first
# E; H7 A4 J" m/ xglance of people.
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: v: a+ e) K: P3 uBut your fruits are underground.
Yakon,yakon,
When I see your branches and leaves,
0 Q$ A9 q" ?7 ^. U4 |0 LI will think of your silent growing in the soil,
as the beautiful wishes of those meditators.
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《花生》

我的意见是      
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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
" K; b& S& k; F9 t! x) J9 T' ?开花。然后在地下结果
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; R- A7 l8 t4 w) s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

# L) N; _; t. O" m* ]Peanuts

I mean
) D3 O5 l, G; q. \Peanuts must be eaten without any processing.
I do eat them by this way.
7 q' h& O4 [( }& ]0 @2 @5 {: PI grew them. in a yard of my delicate abode.
4 l+ y- [0 B% Y8 r& U* \1 BThey crawled along the earth,
bloomed, then bore nuts underground.
; Z* s3 C( @. J( A  j- zOnce I grew peanuts in an old teacup,
not for the peanuts,
# g4 ?; l3 f8 x" Abut for the green.
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; V$ z2 r, f6 M( M3 ~$ j《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
4 L8 V0 d" e1 P依然有雪
依然有白云如同飘带
/ A1 D0 \6 }& X$ j$ _- q& J将这个春天的肩膀缠绕

; v+ x% Q5 U- a& ~: D/ k我静静望着
我想，这是一个平常的春天
: z, d2 r- u4 @8 j2 @  q1 d2 L: z: s樱花开了
* o) P+ c. _; X$ Z: K( d5 W; G杜鹃花也开了
7 |, n% J1 P' x5 b* O+ x! H5 _而那些传说中的故事
却没有发生

Mountains Outside of the Windows
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  L( H2 ^  J: ]0 n& U. SThrough the window lattice, I saw
Cang Mount is lighted by the moring sun.
Still, there is snow,
8 ~* u, r3 m9 o0 `) QStill, there are white clouds as ribbons
winding the arms of spring .
Quietly, seeing all of them,
I think, this is an usual spring.
Cherries are blossoming,
3 x/ N) p0 L. I8 s6 Q+ J" _and azalea are blossoming, too.
8 }3 Y# f6 j2 F8 r' S0 b; e" KHowever, those legend stories
never happened yet.


《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
也在夜色弥漫中悄悄下起
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7 i: C) w4 O$ w3 E+ K2 j4 Q谁也没有出声
2 c- }$ t9 ?6 ^' m9 u寺院安静得连路灯都屏住了呼吸
- m! l# W* f9 i我们沿着青石台阶
去探视比丘尼的世界

; m' J' z2 A& k' h* D你总是让人吃惊
6 b/ B* \( Q1 h. j在老天的目瞪口呆中
. h3 K7 l5 k' \9 ]) ]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——
) ]+ F6 h; q# z! [" }: F' k) Q嗡嘛呢，呗咪吽

哦，佛陀
( R4 x* P' O! J5 L7 l2 i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
" Z4 r/ h8 {4 c! _, s5 {难，难难

Send Dawn toJizu Mount
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When the car came before the door of the temple,
0 O, ]% I8 R. C& u; x+ Q1 {, |It has already been darkness.Rain quietly
began in night darkness.

1 `' ]7 Q9 ]# R2 a0 ^) k- u) O, J1 @Neither of us said a word.
$ t5 S4 \& Z- R0 j6 nThe temple was so quiet that the lamp can’t breath any more.
3 B; k3 c& C0 m0 [! vAlong the green stone steps
7 ^  ~; M3 r2 j' }% nWe looked for the world of nuns.

Always,you supprised others.
When  God stunned,
You began to a new caculatation of life.
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the mantras which was sung so hot,
6 ]; e# S" N) v  C; L9 U9 R6 p"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.

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《芹菜》

8 N( d  m: a/ x1 M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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3 o& L7 n9 [0 y7 Y5 a现在，我赞美芹菜  
# N- S( p1 U/ V& G- u& Z1 _  W是因为那样一份现实中的不俗
常在唇齿间

5 e% y/ Z) X) f5 OCelery
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4 G: ]" ?' E% ]* IIts fragrance and name came from Tang Dynasty.
0 D; _9 m9 Q1 e4 {A bowl of celery noodles came down till now.
Now, I praise it
Cause the uncommon traits of it in true life
still leave fragrance between my lips.

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6 N/ ?/ s8 X2 G1 k$ l《apple的信念》

1 v# U& H2 ]1 p1 b: i( v我给她一粒花生米
她就衔着。然后跑到
* X: W6 O; E+ Z  [" @) ~  _离我五米的紫竹丛边
轻轻放下。

6 B! |8 v" c9 R% v! Q$ [再然后，她跑向一块
1 G! a; F* x* r! D0 `在山神庙前衔来的
6 H2 {/ f" L& t, C4 k: c, J& E( C猪的面颊骨前，情深意切
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3 P" n6 q# r5 }! k7 q- U& z4 U1 M这就是apple——
一只小狗的信念。
尽管我告诉她
8 Z/ e  Y% a+ Q! b6 R  R  E  H花生米营养丰富，她还是
坚持着喜欢，那些骨头。
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2014-2-17，半山茅舍。
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Apple’s belief

I gave a peanut to her
She 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
' `4 H' n3 c2 z8 j; [0 VWith deep love
9 Z( t- a. `7 }" u4 NShe won’t leave it any more

This is apple_a puppy’s belief
, k7 z0 m& u8 e% kAlthough I told her
Peanuts are nutrient-rich
" j, u1 @5 k! \$ X. rShe still persist in loving those bones.

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