汉译英12首

南北

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" {+ `  F* A; i* ~1 V南北的现代禅诗
4 ^2 F: f: |  N/ l, k6 yMODERN ZEN POEMS BY NANBEI
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（李艳敏 译）

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9 D6 c& @! l4 D1 X( z! f: _8 `南北的诗（12首）

《写作》
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笔，不再是笔
纸，也不再是纸
0 r4 N5 Z8 m$ L5 K# k4 W有人在灯下来去
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0 L* J- a. G8 N* B5 [& d四万八千朵莲花中
5 ]8 N8 J7 Q: s& [2 J0 c$ R; }* `只这朵
开在心里

Writing
% O3 }! u2 h9 D8 dby nanbei

7 [* `$ P/ U. u. m* F. cThe pen,is not a pen any more
: r) m. j( V" R2 r6 l+ y3 PThe paper is not a piece of paper,either.
Someone has been here and gone in the light.
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' K* w+ ^# g' [- k' @) e0 l3 DForty-eight thousand lotus,
7 f7 a% ?7 s% z* r/ z! _1 e) uonly this one
Bloooms in my heart.


' M: W9 a$ v0 x, g3 d《无忧树》
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当忧愁围拢成湖泊
树在坚持说——
我不知道。

佛在树下诞生
而那七朵地涌的金莲
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A no-sadness Tree
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0 Q, L7 o/ B7 x! [0 @+ O- dby nanbei
4 Q2 a$ _) n( \2 n" B! UWhen the sadness gathered , being a lake.
* t' o$ y; n0 K! i+ UThe tree still insisted to say,
“I know nothing.”
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7 S4 f2 D) U. \, c: KBuddha was born under the tree,
While the seven golden lotuses springed from the earth
are the pride of the tree.


《读信》

% j0 v, G9 E5 T* G) P  k, S信纸看着我
% v) J1 P6 G9 O5 v% r表情复杂——
& Z+ y1 B0 S3 |% F; i一张脸在千里之外。

* H" G5 I0 b7 G8 k0 a9 U笔不相信字是真的
3 q  n+ a9 H, N( F' l& }& |  y: f眼睛可有可无
6 v, A( ~. j- `1 a+ ]4 x天空，真的空了。

' w8 b6 t3 E+ ?- UReading a Letter
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7 h' S1 j. k& t& zthe 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
- _5 c; D5 r$ x# j# M$ P- l+ tThe sky,is really empty.


《心香》
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, s) U) `9 g$ E: d/ z这是一条
袅袅上升的
心灵之路。

在烛前趺坐
宁静是一柄绿色的
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, Q5 q; V: z3 M* ~7 y1 _( \the fragrance from my soul

this is a rising road ,
+ X( u. P% G, V* T: Q: l9 FIt leads to my heart

& @) {: |$ e: u! ]6 x7 wI am sitting in zen before a candle
  A' A% d8 P5 X+ C2 M( m: cand silence is like
$ g/ h7 [3 y6 La big green unmbrella.
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  A4 ~" N8 l8 p. s" y* Z4 J《世界地图》

整个的世界
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0 a2 z5 z1 N9 p, V% c* O: G一瞥之中。
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犹如蓝色的池塘中
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几朵睡莲。

A world map
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; f$ R2 @- N4 B) iThe whole world is in my heart,
At the moment of
A glance of mine.
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it is so like
a few uneasy sleeping lotuses,
blooming in a blue pond.


; U4 F6 D' C' D/ a《鸡足山短句》
" U' [* C" g4 ~* mShort poems in Jizhu Mountain
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台阶上布满落叶
' E' o0 p) E7 c# K# M3 j仿佛旅人的歌声
  U6 S& h' l& R# s遗在风中     
One
, p! H" g1 [+ F# Z. S# ELeaves cover all the steps,
like the songs of the travelers,
lost in the wind.
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% N! ~/ |2 ~, k阳光穿过竹林
( H( I- I2 _- Z; C; q! l2 o照亮一片蛛网
以及，我手上的经卷.
& Y) H: }9 n0 STwo
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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1 R- _$ t5 `; v# C佛殿前，香烟缭绕
/ Z$ l( d( ^3 m& R+ X如同众香客      
模糊不清的愿心  

Three
The smoke is rising before the Buddha-hall,
: b* s  o) o$ \' ?) f+ w) x( YAs the unclearly wishing
9 X# n* c% h. C/ L( a4 I/ Hof the pilgrims.
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7 i) p! g. a$ L* }一盆清静的水仙
在钟楼下面   
* S/ O0 y# y! U& @* o独自清香     

9 n2 T* V0 H& C; }/ ~Four
. I2 O0 R5 k% sUnder the bell tower,
A basin of quiet narcissus
+ T: b6 P! y2 O( r% {! _+ t, hare exuding fragrance.
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+ q4 Y- M: }# \7 d4 j3 Q黄昏的虚云寺  
% D; y% t5 V/ h) j8 E9 j没有香客僧影
9 z. g* N  g5 ?5 k惟有一束鸟语空悬
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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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% |) m) s/ Q$ Z+ o  v《雪莲果》

$ n3 l3 _' j3 z! ~) s0 ~) ]人说，你来自南美
/ Q- z* l$ E9 i- \/ E是印第安人的神果
而我在云南与你相遇
: p( a# Z2 H: e" w是在下鸡邑我住的院落里
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事情的简单之处
- H4 J9 V' R1 Y0 c3 o  o4 X是你的枝叶与花朵
往往被初见者呼为向日葵
' O  Z; u$ A5 G2 @, j% \但你的果实却在地下

7 p6 v3 A3 q  {果实，果实
  @2 X6 s) z. ~! H$ s+ {" P" X9 c每当我看到你的枝叶
" v# b9 H' y$ m/ D5 d% g# U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.
I meet you in Yunnan
8 O' G' X$ _/ p9 B3 Pin my yard of xiajiyi.

8 [0 F3 E. w" ~: I' W; j6 \Maybe the simplest are in
  V' h$ q0 W: O' W7 s+ b9 n( eyour branches,leaves and flowers.
" s1 }, r5 f, ]$ s  @3 z, XUsually,they are named sunflowers at the first
; W! v  A" z7 s$ C6 nglance of people.
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But your fruits are underground.
3 \6 x4 s. V! ]$ A; P5 G  [Yakon,yakon,
When I see your branches and leaves,
7 E; }/ a- x1 q$ g2 U8 JI will think of your silent growing in the soil,
9 b2 R( t( {7 l$ g$ \, n% f) Fas the beautiful wishes of those meditators.
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《花生》
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9 e5 k: K( t" N# i" U+ X* S1 y我的意见是      
花生米一定要生吃
9 j6 L5 ~3 o7 s: q2 t我就是这样做的

2 G& p* m0 m' x% F  s6 F4 q+ y我在一座精舍的庭院里
种植过花生。它们匍匐在地
! @7 {5 i; Z, w7 E1 X( s7 y开花。然后在地下结果
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: O5 I1 j8 r7 z. h# R- }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

Peanuts
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I mean
  e$ {4 S' J' ?: J' J) e" `* yPeanuts must be eaten without any processing.
  m' t. q" y& v7 s7 H' @1 u1 uI do eat them by this way.
4 R% g* @0 K' P# y3 L6 |* }I grew them. in a yard of my delicate abode.
0 S  _9 t& x, a8 c' X& I" T+ Q8 |They crawled along the earth,
bloomed, then bore nuts underground.
. h7 K% G: o$ N: P3 cOnce I grew peanuts in an old teacup,
not for the peanuts,
but for the green.


' J9 m; F0 U6 Q) ?, S' j《窗外苍山》

透过窗棂，我看到
苍山被上午的阳光照亮
* i/ W) e. W% x: u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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我静静望着
3 `; V: w# ~  H# u' d1 T我想，这是一个平常的春天
' b' G7 D5 X+ N' M' w' g樱花开了
' d. ]  O' E! r  z( j杜鹃花也开了
而那些传说中的故事
却没有发生
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Mountains Outside of the Windows

Through the window lattice, I saw
/ {( x4 k- ?# ~3 T1 q# j' ~Cang Mount is lighted by the moring sun.
Still, there is snow,
Still, there are white clouds as ribbons
winding the arms of spring .
, \6 }7 Z5 P' u4 X; a" @9 i/ mQuietly, seeing all of them,
% v) W* }7 Y% |0 \" ^9 ^I think, this is an usual spring.
+ J( h# i: k0 _* ?8 V" }& cCherries are blossoming,
and azalea are blossoming, too.
However, those legend stories
never happened yet.
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' [  S  Y2 E8 N) d《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

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
去探视比丘尼的世界
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3 K6 b6 ^+ i- d' y你总是让人吃惊
在老天的目瞪口呆中
( \: ^3 ]+ u" ^; _( R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——
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哦，佛陀
也许踏上一条新的路途容易
; L: t# ~: R. q1 |3 L而要截断身后那条经年反复的河流
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. f! T3 j" A, v" I/ m+ N  ~( LSend Dawn toJizu Mount

7 w6 n- t- `3 `& t: B+ R9 ]When the car came before the door of the temple,
" s" u* j1 V, J& aIt has already been darkness.Rain quietly
began in night darkness.
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Neither of us said a word.
8 y& U- b. o4 \1 C9 B5 sThe temple was so quiet that the lamp can’t breath any more.
Along the green stone steps
We looked for the world of nuns.

6 @* ^3 O" ]8 g3 CAlways,you supprised others.
+ C# p  R* P% p8 Z; H! d/ PWhen  God stunned,
You began to a new caculatation of life.
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the mantras which was sung so hot,
. s% ?4 X# n' i" c+ R"won,ma,ni,bei,mei,hong"

3 ?3 t0 v+ O& p, W, ]7 r. ~, g+ AMaybe 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
/ p! t# L# J0 e) `自唐代开始      
5 ^; M$ \, s) U0 K, D一碗芹菜面流传至今

* U9 U2 _! a9 c. f现在，我赞美芹菜  
是因为那样一份现实中的不俗
9 _: V/ a9 d, F& i. Y; p常在唇齿间
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Celery
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Its fragrance and name came from Tang Dynasty.
A bowl of celery noodles came down till now.
' Z/ c+ S0 J( T5 }: p4 W! C! wNow, I praise it
Cause the uncommon traits of it in true life
" e" l& M4 V* {( t- W! K# ]still leave fragrance between my lips.

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《apple的信念》

我给她一粒花生米
, r4 w( w; u9 |/ V+ [; k$ F她就衔着。然后跑到
离我五米的紫竹丛边
/ h& Q" b6 C% q1 l! ^8 m, `1 v轻轻放下。
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再然后，她跑向一块
在山神庙前衔来的
猪的面颊骨前，情深意切
不再离开。
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8 n& _- g: ]/ y$ w+ e9 u: R% I8 Z这就是apple——
- v, i: W: f  Y0 {  O4 ^一只小狗的信念。
) B$ L# `7 s. E尽管我告诉她
: [0 M) `; p: e6 @* q6 J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。


Apple’s belief

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She caught it,then run to
The purple bamboo forest five meters from me,
Put it gently.
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And 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
' E2 U3 E8 ~/ }5 p: D; i' hAlthough I told her
Peanuts are nutrient-rich
1 g  q! d- O/ x" ~1 C1 @; ]She still persist in loving those bones.

奥冬

很好的事情