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南北

南北的现代禅诗
) F  ]" Q7 `" k: }8 FMODERN ZEN POEMS BY NANBEI

（李艳敏 译）
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南北的诗（12首）
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《写作》

笔，不再是笔
( w( |2 l5 m: _纸，也不再是纸
有人在灯下来去
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+ W  h! @( w, E$ ?, r四万八千朵莲花中
只这朵
开在心里

Writing
by nanbei

3 S, `4 S) S$ m5 Z0 IThe pen,is not a pen any more
The paper is not a piece of paper,either.
3 m& [9 r* @  U/ q7 g5 r% p  PSomeone has been here and gone in the light.
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Forty-eight thousand lotus,
5 D' O3 w- s) O' bonly this one
- T8 C" ?3 U' R7 B6 k0 m% LBloooms in my heart.


《无忧树》

当忧愁围拢成湖泊
树在坚持说——
8 R% y* E" s" a7 }: S0 ~& w0 q# h我不知道。
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佛在树下诞生
/ j; |' p$ K$ i而那七朵地涌的金莲
/ C' @4 Y  A, Y是树的骄傲。

6 h' y0 Z  M: K) c/ KA no-sadness Tree

5 M' Q6 c0 l! _+ ~by nanbei
When the sadness gathered , being a lake.
/ T1 R& N1 H- L, O9 m7 bThe tree still insisted to say,
“I know nothing.”
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; E1 T8 `: k* UBuddha was born under the tree,
3 `9 r& x$ \: y! RWhile the seven golden lotuses springed from the earth
are the pride of the tree.
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0 s8 B. N) W; z5 a《读信》

信纸看着我
表情复杂——
一张脸在千里之外。
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笔不相信字是真的
/ ~6 P1 c: y& R' ?4 v+ G* k: T) Q7 I眼睛可有可无
天空，真的空了。
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/ d0 ?; f" ^# ~* l, kReading a Letter
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the letter paper look at me
whose experession is so complex
/ m. ?# {! y# a7 D4 s+ U7 e6 f6 _that face ,Thousands miles away from me
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the pen can’t believe the handwriting is true
' v+ I* z. w: k  t' q( A0 l8 bmaybe my eyes are not important
7 U, ?+ B! Y8 c4 }' z! N+ w5 }The sky,is really empty.
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6 R: B' P2 O3 c3 ?《心香》
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' P7 n5 z. p# `2 a$ D, R: C7 b* \这是一条
袅袅上升的
心灵之路。

在烛前趺坐
7 s$ {5 D# I2 P& Z宁静是一柄绿色的
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5 I* z( p' ^" S# ?5 n+ w/ ?3 `the fragrance from my soul
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0 j1 M: g, X" g5 x; sthis is a rising road ,
It leads to my heart
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0 I" _3 Z) a+ N3 A& L& ~I am sitting in zen before a candle
and silence is like
a big green unmbrella.

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- A; G" l+ K( [) q# F  H! \《世界地图》

3 y: b) V/ q, R7 H( m2 D& W整个的世界
便在这
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不安开放着的
几朵睡莲。

A world map
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The whole world is in my heart,
6 `. l" y6 q  Z; yAt the moment of
A glance of mine.
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: D7 L, z- L: e* ^, B' r7 B4 Bit is so like
# R# N/ U5 J8 c: Ta few uneasy sleeping lotuses,
  n  L3 k% }" k  I% B8 G. b$ iblooming in a blue pond.
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8 q/ E; E, L+ x《鸡足山短句》
7 ~" t& E8 j. \9 w8 UShort poems in Jizhu Mountain

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9 E- L: E+ P9 T* w9 n台阶上布满落叶
仿佛旅人的歌声
4 q; ]3 Y, `6 F3 a5 g遗在风中     
One
4 s- ^3 S) [$ d+ w3 ?Leaves cover all the steps,
" z9 {: R6 b! t# g2 Zlike the songs of the travelers,
lost in the wind.

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阳光穿过竹林
1 s8 i* ?! D% C2 L; o照亮一片蛛网
4 R$ A+ E5 p% r  o3 V以及，我手上的经卷.
Two
+ N$ f$ v6 [1 c- K" RThe sunlight go through the bamboo forest,
8 R, \' p9 y$ tA piece of cobweb and the Buddhist text in my hand
7 \, g) P) p7 b* p2 q# ~were lit up.

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佛殿前，香烟缭绕
如同众香客      
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8 H, N6 b- O- G% [8 c7 |& W2 n( N. \Three
The smoke is rising before the Buddha-hall,
( T4 a" P/ s3 W- r; m' i: UAs the unclearly wishing
of the pilgrims.
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一盆清静的水仙
9 ~/ x% G- K% n5 H3 o在钟楼下面   
9 o7 v  n# f9 g. E8 x独自清香     
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Four
Under the bell tower,
5 u/ i+ O4 g! F8 K: W1 f  u6 @, KA basin of quiet narcissus
are exuding fragrance.
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: \6 I4 W3 f0 k黄昏的虚云寺  
没有香客僧影
6 z, L, L& G# `7 w0 _惟有一束鸟语空悬
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Five
At dusk, there are no pilgrims and monks
in Xuyun Temple,
Only the birds’ chirps leave in the sky.
2011-2-9 Jizhu Mountain
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《雪莲果》
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人说，你来自南美
是印第安人的神果
: M% x9 Z! e4 ~  ]/ E( {' o而我在云南与你相遇
( q7 b/ T2 p! l, W% |1 ?; d, h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
往往被初见者呼为向日葵
* r5 C6 Y( g3 f' U7 v1 D但你的果实却在地下

: }& r0 K. x* j, V. c, C; E' l果实，果实
9 I. [6 G* e0 Z# K  y每当我看到你的枝叶
就想到那些土层中默默的生长
- E9 Q2 o/ O8 h5 [' n! m( S8 u( Z/ U如同禅者的愿心
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1 d, K) i4 C/ sYakon
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* d. ?& G( ?& X5 f1 c! A6 I; s7 bSomeone said,you are from South America,
You are something magical of Indian.
+ ^" {% Q7 j8 e0 I" dI meet you in Yunnan
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" t6 J9 p1 }& l+ v7 Y) |Maybe the simplest are in
5 \' Z/ P9 ]4 }, T/ n9 G; Q) T, b/ |your branches,leaves and flowers.
7 v2 X' S. P& j/ |8 U; Q; A/ j1 YUsually,they are named sunflowers at the first
glance of people.

- P$ L" Y( q* N0 MBut 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》
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我的意见是      
花生米一定要生吃
1 ?4 [+ T" I! p  m2 B; @) x2 u我就是这样做的
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( H8 M# N1 C2 r1 P我在一座精舍的庭院里
种植过花生。它们匍匐在地
1 f; L1 D6 P9 h( B开花。然后在地下结果
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1 R; V# u* S: }2 x+ t我也曾经在一口破茶杯里  
1 y) U* ^7 F( [, u) x- F种植花生。那不是为了果实
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9 l2 G. Y+ E$ [Peanuts
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# m" G& |6 G- E3 gI mean
$ q: Q/ O+ W# Z- G/ kPeanuts must be eaten without any processing.
I do eat them by this way.
. }# e5 Z1 [# q" uI grew them. in a yard of my delicate abode.
6 N+ I6 Z0 K3 d. p. cThey crawled along the earth,
0 e( a0 k+ M+ V1 `! C! T$ T1 ybloomed, then bore nuts underground.
, L0 x. R; V4 W+ vOnce I grew peanuts in an old teacup,
not for the peanuts,
but for the green.


: h& m0 e$ L1 J; K/ c5 @8 e《窗外苍山》

透过窗棂，我看到
( D0 U6 s: i* y9 M5 D2 T苍山被上午的阳光照亮
依然有雪
依然有白云如同飘带
& y. v6 L. k4 |! [, p. r2 ?将这个春天的肩膀缠绕

我静静望着
# E/ A. @) \2 `- f: f  ~我想，这是一个平常的春天
樱花开了
1 x: ^. }# \! j% M5 l杜鹃花也开了
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却没有发生
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$ F6 X# F, Z$ e; x6 j1 u: MMountains Outside of the Windows

/ a& g6 V$ A4 e- NThrough the window lattice, I saw
Cang Mount is lighted by the moring sun.
Still, there is snow,
Still, there are white clouds as ribbons
winding the arms of spring .
Quietly, seeing all of them,
3 P) Q+ q. q' k  X$ @I think, this is an usual spring.
2 e" N. t0 G, pCherries are blossoming,
and azalea are blossoming, too.
However, those legend stories
+ f2 g( n# R) _2 L( E; Knever happened yet.

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《送Dawn入鸡足山》

车子开到寺院门口，天
已经黑了下来。雨
/ C( }4 _1 k$ i( r3 y也在夜色弥漫中悄悄下起

, p6 E- K. u) n. E4 l; x8 g' j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
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你总是让人吃惊
  j6 ]7 p6 e* }( d1 L; e在老天的目瞪口呆中
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

哦，佛陀
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9 G$ g7 f* d- S- ]" I8 @# T而要截断身后那条经年反复的河流
难，难难

9 p' [$ V3 q! O( \: p! [, ~5 w( PSend Dawn toJizu Mount
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When the car came before the door of the temple,
It has already been darkness.Rain quietly
# E/ Y$ k3 C+ M$ Qbegan in night darkness.
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, s& ^# Z/ J0 H7 BNeither of us said a word.
6 p2 b; D' s+ a: u0 |The temple was so quiet that the lamp can’t breath any more.
Along the green stone steps
1 K/ a5 _" ^; UWe looked for the world of nuns.
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Always,you supprised others.
When  God stunned,
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  |0 H! H, e  x/ s; ?' L! B* r  |I only endless repeated
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"won,ma,ni,bei,mei,hong"
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Maybe it is easy to step a new road,
" S/ r8 ]8 i( P; |while to cut the flowing river all years behind us  is
; J. v$ y. ~, l# ^6 v0 ~so difficult,difficult and difficult.
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《芹菜》

1 b  h$ P3 L& a, I8 L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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/ L+ E& _" ]. M现在，我赞美芹菜  
! z* q( a+ I+ ~' G+ R2 ]3 F% o) \是因为那样一份现实中的不俗
2 Q5 g5 M" R; z; I; y# w: r常在唇齿间
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Celery

7 F$ _9 r- j: g7 {7 D; @, dIts fragrance and name came from Tang Dynasty.
A bowl of celery noodles came down till now.
* `- O8 A( s6 F+ RNow, I praise it
Cause the uncommon traits of it in true life
0 E6 }5 F: ~  |; \8 ?! jstill leave fragrance between my lips.
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7 {" ~, T. T. H/ n/ v+ @《apple的信念》
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) ]( Z0 k0 V' x! N' e6 Z我给她一粒花生米
她就衔着。然后跑到
$ z" J# J% x2 v* x+ g! H) @$ q离我五米的紫竹丛边
轻轻放下。

再然后，她跑向一块
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# t. a, b9 n/ }' {; \5 S猪的面颊骨前，情深意切
不再离开。
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5 P7 r7 H6 E3 m! P5 V+ K, k这就是apple——
1 K( Z* n3 C8 i一只小狗的信念。
  \: @+ X' j; ^- v4 J尽管我告诉她
, @6 I- _' R* i# [$ M3 s花生米营养丰富，她还是
坚持着喜欢，那些骨头。
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Apple’s belief
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I gave a peanut to her
She caught it,then run to
" r7 @2 x; O# S% j  W- YThe purple bamboo forest five meters from me,
Put it gently.

And then she run to a pig-cheek bone
$ W, j; C+ P0 [& b; ^6 k" s" tWith deep love
) [1 n4 N  ~7 J- b1 g5 N' t& rShe won’t leave it any more

This is apple_a puppy’s belief
* ^8 i1 B* Z" m' ]Although I told her
Peanuts are nutrient-rich
She still persist in loving those bones.
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