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南北

/ {% d& n! @2 O: b南北的现代禅诗
MODERN ZEN POEMS BY NANBEI
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（李艳敏 译）
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南北的诗（12首）

. v0 }8 C  `0 k( B7 |. J- [) d0 r《写作》

' Y2 @: W: z* n, W笔，不再是笔
纸，也不再是纸
& `3 V& j+ S; _# M& N7 H有人在灯下来去

四万八千朵莲花中
只这朵
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Writing
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# e4 L, r* [) q, b$ U: iThe pen,is not a pen any more
( O/ c" P' e4 }The paper is not a piece of paper,either.
1 y/ H7 T- x- n9 u9 p5 e: gSomeone has been here and gone in the light.

2 Y( v* B2 Q: u( GForty-eight thousand lotus,
only this one
7 T8 G1 G. t0 r- WBloooms in my heart.
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《无忧树》

当忧愁围拢成湖泊
树在坚持说——
9 D) \+ v4 Q- A2 I我不知道。
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佛在树下诞生
而那七朵地涌的金莲
2 v8 {+ U" g; x* l6 ~% M+ M/ l是树的骄傲。
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A no-sadness Tree

/ V( E/ \( A2 p3 fby nanbei
" K: N. `* a; ~1 i8 s9 P5 d: Q7 |When the sadness gathered , being a lake.
The tree still insisted to say,
# c( _" z3 {5 h# Q: X, X9 k“I know nothing.”

. s5 G; b- }' R& JBuddha was born under the tree,
While the seven golden lotuses springed from the earth
are the pride of the tree.
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《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
# m$ j# D0 R' l6 }( j- x0 f  m眼睛可有可无
天空，真的空了。

Reading a Letter

3 S1 R8 u( G2 N; ^% ^5 ?0 {$ bthe letter paper look at me
+ r' V) e& B: t5 {. _% _  q7 ywhose experession is so complex
that face ,Thousands miles away from me

4 O( ]0 O4 ?0 z$ Ythe 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》
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1 u* w2 ]6 A! W! U* |" Z2 O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
9 j9 x. [+ e, L1 f4 h8 m. r大伞。

" d# {3 G  H, S" G0 D. x$ |# Ythe fragrance from my soul
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- ]2 a' Q; p- _1 Ithis is a rising road ,
% ^5 X. S3 w/ ~: {It 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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; O  _- I4 q+ r! c* {+ S1 I《世界地图》

整个的世界
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一瞥之中。
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犹如蓝色的池塘中
7 a7 G* S/ r  e, H, R% n不安开放着的
几朵睡莲。
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A world map

0 o2 Z- L% ^; h" l" W* Y, }The whole world is in my heart,
% b9 k& [7 C0 x3 EAt the moment of
/ b6 f+ v5 S2 fA glance of mine.

6 j: p, _, T8 f& Iit is so like
) Q- n3 O5 f, J# k5 h$ G# m9 na few uneasy sleeping lotuses,
blooming 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
仿佛旅人的歌声
% m5 a1 K, u& p0 \遗在风中     
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! g5 M/ L! J7 a7 i8 _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
* G8 E7 T' e! b( t6 ^照亮一片蛛网
! Y- W; c; }6 ?. S$ T4 ^$ ^0 F以及，我手上的经卷.
5 a8 a+ U+ P5 _. f- F; p/ MTwo
: K6 g/ d0 ?/ `; oThe 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
如同众香客      
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) p$ i; y3 t+ M* h6 D7 {& JThree
6 [( n2 \5 g+ O# T1 C; [The smoke is rising before the Buddha-hall,
As the unclearly wishing
of the pilgrims.
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一盆清静的水仙
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' |' Z9 {  t! C. b) I, p3 t& l# B独自清香     

, U( n. M+ D) }6 S: eFour
" I8 a9 e& L$ t7 U7 x0 XUnder the bell tower,
A basin of quiet narcissus
are exuding fragrance.
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8 G  k6 Z" F  f6 n" j: ]黄昏的虚云寺  
没有香客僧影
惟有一束鸟语空悬
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Five
At dusk, there are no pilgrims and monks
in Xuyun Temple,
) b+ U4 m/ o/ n" lOnly the birds’ chirps leave in the sky.
2011-2-9 Jizhu Mountain
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. f3 \) J1 r+ \' o' \% f' `$ I《雪莲果》
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人说，你来自南美
是印第安人的神果
而我在云南与你相遇
是在下鸡邑我住的院落里
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# s4 Q4 s' m: \' d" _事情的简单之处
是你的枝叶与花朵
, w- i" Q  r3 M1 {: s4 O' u% v往往被初见者呼为向日葵
但你的果实却在地下
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8 g1 L: l) \: Y9 V0 n4 c& K1 w果实，果实
; {! r5 m7 M9 `$ s1 N4 L每当我看到你的枝叶
3 m4 l% c  z/ N1 s" ~. ?就想到那些土层中默默的生长
5 o) t1 j7 Q% d如同禅者的愿心
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& r* r! P& L. P0 UYakon
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# U# w/ j: B; d, PSomeone said,you are from South America,
You are something magical of Indian.
3 I* Q+ E; n9 b0 ]) D& l+ k+ t! jI meet you in Yunnan
in my yard of xiajiyi.

Maybe the simplest are in
% E& J5 b2 M: Y7 _2 b* d* m  X: ryour branches,leaves and flowers.
Usually,they are named sunflowers at the first
glance of people.
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1 g) }, L0 L2 x2 c& @% DBut your fruits are underground.
4 G. N# C9 I2 z% ]6 fYakon,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
* F  e9 V; c* S( J我就是这样做的

5 d9 m$ |7 Q0 K6 c  G我在一座精舍的庭院里
2 |/ I, M4 z7 s  \: v0 ?$ O/ q种植过花生。它们匍匐在地
开花。然后在地下结果
     
我也曾经在一口破茶杯里  
' P) R! t1 ]# X种植花生。那不是为了果实
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Peanuts
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I mean
- q% S% L0 X0 C9 T' k" \* MPeanuts must be eaten without any processing.
. F/ F! S: z3 ?4 C; X4 R2 C1 ^I do eat them by this way.
I grew them. in a yard of my delicate abode.
; A  D& R( R+ C8 ~  H" y) CThey crawled along the earth,
: t3 i# k  m" \4 ^/ X0 P5 Vbloomed, then bore nuts underground.
Once I grew peanuts in an old teacup,
not for the peanuts,
but for the green.


《窗外苍山》

透过窗棂，我看到
苍山被上午的阳光照亮
依然有雪
' V: z" r* k9 |依然有白云如同飘带
/ Q& x, ^" a( y) j将这个春天的肩膀缠绕
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我静静望着
我想，这是一个平常的春天
7 X. y. g5 K% D0 T樱花开了
杜鹃花也开了
# l) h& p4 m& b+ `而那些传说中的故事
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* h% I3 O. i$ z: [1 O7 IMountains Outside of the Windows
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  ^5 F6 y$ S5 I1 j1 I+ Q( l3 }Through the window lattice, I saw
2 d4 h  w# z& F" T2 _; tCang Mount is lighted by the moring sun.
* `2 d# k! [1 e8 s. gStill, there is snow,
1 Y0 i  z6 s1 S$ iStill, there are white clouds as ribbons
winding the arms of spring .
$ i3 ?& J( ]# U5 k. ~. ?- UQuietly, seeing all of them,
9 ^2 D9 ~: c* a% ~I think, this is an usual spring.
Cherries are blossoming,
and azalea are blossoming, too.
However, those legend stories
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4 r/ x) n0 X; H' C0 ?《送Dawn入鸡足山》

, n( c* w5 \) l: w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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5 r5 B4 J' `2 s9 d3 g谁也没有出声
) C1 y. R5 Z- ]' [. }寺院安静得连路灯都屏住了呼吸
" X, y3 R, M) v5 |8 ]% q  a% o我们沿着青石台阶
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你总是让人吃惊
( h- f$ Z' V, V. T4 m在老天的目瞪口呆中
1 ^' A2 u, C# a3 L" t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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8 [# Q9 O/ L+ `* G+ t: o# g5 u而要截断身后那条经年反复的河流
2 g( a- P. [; m- L, N难，难难
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Send Dawn toJizu Mount
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When the car came before the door of the temple,
) |4 ?3 Y) a8 U9 U# _% iIt has already been darkness.Rain quietly
began in night darkness.
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  l/ F2 T% N% X8 `5 s( pNeither of us said a word.
: [- _+ n! a- wThe temple was so quiet that the lamp can’t breath any more.
Along the green stone steps
2 ~( T6 y" m+ s% VWe looked for the world of nuns.

Always,you supprised others.
  i' h9 p( d/ y6 |0 c" |When  God stunned,
% S+ D& I# E3 F: A' [: [You began to a new caculatation of life.
I only endless repeated
+ F( C# d" R' n6 L& j- @: sthe 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,
2 z, s+ x! h% k4 F4 mwhile to cut the flowing river all years behind us  is
so difficult,difficult and difficult.
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0 T8 T/ s3 }9 Z7 I1 c2 G《芹菜》

芹菜的清香和声名
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一碗芹菜面流传至今
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现在，我赞美芹菜  
4 U' S: U' Z) g是因为那样一份现实中的不俗
常在唇齿间

Celery

% r' R" F8 P2 o4 Q, J, bIts fragrance and name came from Tang Dynasty.
$ ^7 T, d9 b5 M' ~5 _- P8 c: K( B# AA bowl of celery noodles came down till now.
Now, I praise it
3 }6 T; C+ f8 {Cause the uncommon traits of it in true life
$ S6 @) U  y/ l3 O, @still leave fragrance between my lips.
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* o" s. Q8 U  k/ y4 P$ D《apple的信念》
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我给她一粒花生米
她就衔着。然后跑到
! d: H; U2 `4 o* K* p; |离我五米的紫竹丛边
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再然后，她跑向一块
( y( \! F) V) _+ P+ C在山神庙前衔来的
猪的面颊骨前，情深意切
不再离开。

这就是apple——
* y; l3 p+ ]( `, q) K一只小狗的信念。
6 Z8 ?. z, z" h6 r8 X  e尽管我告诉她
3 M: e+ [4 k# f. c花生米营养丰富，她还是
; X. W- T: n. M: ?坚持着喜欢，那些骨头。
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2014-2-17，半山茅舍。


* ^$ u" C- B8 Q1 JApple’s belief
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I gave a peanut to her
She caught it,then run to
+ s7 \* J4 W$ I, T/ l! x! jThe purple bamboo forest five meters from me,
Put it gently.
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* q! `, v, r* e. |  ~, _3 RAnd then she run to a pig-cheek bone
! W; {0 }4 C' C7 }With deep love
She won’t leave it any more
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: s! k: p, R, U" I" p' FThis is apple_a puppy’s belief
) k0 j5 O5 m/ z. C) UAlthough I told her
9 z" n8 F4 q8 F: B' wPeanuts are nutrient-rich
She still persist in loving those bones.

奥冬

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