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南北的现代禅诗
MODERN ZEN POEMS BY NANBEI

（李艳敏 译）
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. o3 c, {0 _/ r, I9 }% `2 C4 o- x8 @/ c* I南北的诗（12首）
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' E$ L0 v3 T0 p! B2 a9 w《写作》

0 K; K8 W0 O% @6 _, K/ }& w笔，不再是笔
纸，也不再是纸
; P3 x) K* i* q! t3 c6 L4 f有人在灯下来去

) y+ f' {8 e0 c! M( z+ t! Y四万八千朵莲花中
只这朵
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Writing
by nanbei
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2 m* o) s! H* e. E2 B. z/ g$ T  b: _The pen,is not a pen any more
The paper is not a piece of paper,either.
& o$ V& ], n( [) x% M, lSomeone has been here and gone in the light.
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Forty-eight thousand lotus,
  w: j6 i* m7 D' b  J! u( u4 Gonly this one
7 ?. H1 k7 z* RBloooms in my heart.
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/ g" t- _. z3 N8 s! m* F《无忧树》
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当忧愁围拢成湖泊
$ S8 A7 }; \7 ~* n3 C/ N0 U树在坚持说——
6 w( j8 \; {$ P, Z( C我不知道。
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佛在树下诞生
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是树的骄傲。

A no-sadness Tree
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5 `) ^5 Q6 _2 v& v2 oby nanbei
5 v0 w5 X, `# ^' U! zWhen the sadness gathered , being a lake.
- D4 C. H8 G0 BThe 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
are the pride of the tree.


9 ]6 n( l1 \# o9 b( O, r《读信》

信纸看着我
& k  i9 i6 |5 I% B* ?; S$ [/ d* v表情复杂——
; K# \! W: p9 ]+ K& {! H% h, _一张脸在千里之外。

8 `0 i2 m) p2 s* H7 G% W笔不相信字是真的
0 W5 _8 ~+ Q: R/ k5 |) W. `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
whose experession is so complex
that face ,Thousands miles away from me

) N/ @7 l8 X, \4 O& wthe pen can’t believe the handwriting is true
maybe my eyes are not important
The sky,is really empty.
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, e* C. s1 t/ f/ o! b9 V4 l《心香》
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这是一条
袅袅上升的
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( j* a8 I% s& b% y在烛前趺坐
  r" a* @' a- M- P+ U( ]5 Q4 t宁静是一柄绿色的
大伞。
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the fragrance from my soul

8 F5 p! H9 }, h8 u9 \2 mthis is a rising road ,
It leads to my heart

7 p$ j0 m0 l9 b2 WI am sitting in zen before a candle
  J0 U: b; M  B$ Z1 T+ fand silence is like
a big green unmbrella.


《世界地图》

整个的世界
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一瞥之中。
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' m  g4 ?- \+ s7 L0 e犹如蓝色的池塘中
7 L2 t" T( s7 d0 h不安开放着的
几朵睡莲。

4 V, u& o2 Z+ R+ P: GA world map
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3 [! {2 \, o, @) ^8 E! I5 GThe whole world is in my heart,
; u: r8 f# N2 iAt the moment of
0 x8 \9 C% C  p! Z) i6 ?A glance of mine.
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it is so like
7 n* r% @% J) Ea few uneasy sleeping lotuses,
! x' R* b: j4 T* `3 q$ p# {blooming in a blue pond.
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: X0 M3 g2 u. q& }《鸡足山短句》
% P6 O  \) `0 XShort poems in Jizhu Mountain

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台阶上布满落叶
+ {9 {' O: G3 y$ A仿佛旅人的歌声
+ j- p1 P, O7 N7 A7 G遗在风中     
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Leaves cover all the steps,
! C; f$ ~. Q! ~like the songs of the travelers,
lost in the wind.
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阳光穿过竹林
照亮一片蛛网
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Two
/ l+ V+ _0 k$ a1 PThe sunlight go through the bamboo forest,
A piece of cobweb and the Buddhist text in my hand
6 s& k! B$ {% }, b) L2 _6 U! hwere lit up.
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佛殿前，香烟缭绕
3 M( d: O6 u8 ?0 X7 x( w& t如同众香客      
模糊不清的愿心  

# b, w8 \7 @4 I/ OThree
/ l0 M: B& [& ^. f" XThe smoke is rising before the Buddha-hall,
As the unclearly wishing
of the pilgrims.
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! p, b6 o7 H, v一盆清静的水仙
在钟楼下面   
独自清香     

- c# W! R5 a) o; G" v8 W! P; ^Four
Under the bell tower,
/ E& c3 T# q& H4 ?4 m; x% b# jA basin of quiet narcissus
5 f. m* p% Z' N! iare exuding fragrance.
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黄昏的虚云寺  
没有香客僧影
, W6 s8 ~, }' P( H) ]- q6 h0 o惟有一束鸟语空悬
5 P& ^0 n) g" [' y- h' X2011-2-9，鸡足山
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7 H" s7 E2 y2 c$ m4 h. pFive
' B% J$ G0 }1 @+ T/ rAt 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》

1 {8 h4 O& D  r  n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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( J0 {! q1 L  S+ s# ]9 h8 F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
3 C, G9 Z/ }5 e9 S& |但你的果实却在地下
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& s; |* Q( r5 P7 h4 q8 a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.
- f! J9 E/ @! i: s6 P4 aI meet you in Yunnan
in my yard of xiajiyi.
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: \3 r: _. ^  T3 R7 @; k3 k- KMaybe the simplest are in
0 @5 n& T( s9 b2 k" J1 y" e/ [0 {your branches,leaves and flowers.
3 V) S, {7 M  s$ z5 ]9 T0 G/ n+ B9 dUsually,they are named sunflowers at the first
7 I+ I# J* Q  d; w& |glance of people.
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# u3 l6 H! T5 L+ N% K" wBut your fruits are underground.
Yakon,yakon,
7 r! U# B) y# w0 x" x8 C/ K& xWhen I see your branches and leaves,
I will think of your silent growing in the soil,
$ u3 |! _" y2 s* das the beautiful wishes of those meditators.

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《花生》
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; @# c. F- u% j! k我的意见是      
' d' Y- q/ ~& m花生米一定要生吃
0 J0 Z/ U  n- V5 K+ s5 U我就是这样做的

- L; T6 j& y" w# `, t* }/ u我在一座精舍的庭院里
5 j% U4 a& Z: J种植过花生。它们匍匐在地
, k4 c- S1 y$ R& t3 S开花。然后在地下结果
     
9 T3 O- J$ C7 G6 C: A3 m4 p; e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

I mean
4 y0 }1 d* \1 e1 Z( J5 NPeanuts must be eaten without any processing.
I do eat them by this way.
I grew them. in a yard of my delicate abode.
3 K9 I: P$ `9 f4 J; IThey crawled along the earth,
bloomed, then bore nuts underground.
Once I grew peanuts in an old teacup,
not for the peanuts,
, y, R! t4 J$ c% T  r/ Pbut for the green.
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《窗外苍山》
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透过窗棂，我看到
/ o, p5 ~3 k' c5 _苍山被上午的阳光照亮
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依然有白云如同飘带
# U: t; V3 X  l+ ]2 I: K, A将这个春天的肩膀缠绕
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) i+ D: u) P! c( v! k( T- M7 G我静静望着
/ z+ Q; ^8 m& G* D$ ]我想，这是一个平常的春天
7 {3 X( F) a5 V樱花开了
杜鹃花也开了
* I* K! @4 n# @: v" F* T而那些传说中的故事
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Mountains Outside of the Windows
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Through the window lattice, I saw
Cang Mount is lighted by the moring sun.
Still, there is snow,
* [8 d: M1 _2 X7 U, X: g4 z6 NStill, there are white clouds as ribbons
( m, ^8 i/ s4 e, hwinding the arms of spring .
Quietly, seeing all of them,
5 v" x$ a$ t% }+ B* X* O/ y1 dI think, this is an usual spring.
' u% t6 d: R, `; C  oCherries are blossoming,
and azalea are blossoming, too.
However, those legend stories
4 D# g" B* r9 L" n/ gnever happened yet.

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《送Dawn入鸡足山》

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已经黑了下来。雨
也在夜色弥漫中悄悄下起

谁也没有出声
* {4 {7 A5 a4 {4 q. b* Y) B寺院安静得连路灯都屏住了呼吸
$ E8 g( Q! B" R, x) s& V我们沿着青石台阶
去探视比丘尼的世界
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; z. g' o4 h: T9 W$ d& |1 B; a你总是让人吃惊
在老天的目瞪口呆中
' m& C$ E( ?! T  |开始了一场生命新的演算
我惟有不间断的重复
' {. p# `7 u' i6 u那句被唱得滚热发亮的真言——
嗡嘛呢，呗咪吽

哦，佛陀
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
难，难难

  K$ n  [" b- Q5 SSend Dawn toJizu Mount

When the car came before the door of the temple,
It has already been darkness.Rain quietly
began in night darkness.

Neither of us said a word.
$ l+ @& U$ o& I* \# m2 Y* Q3 LThe temple was so quiet that the lamp can’t breath any more.
& K/ v( c4 F  n# K$ M& |0 b' k3 bAlong the green stone steps
9 `- ]* w; [+ r9 j/ j6 v5 d' UWe looked for the world of nuns.
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/ `; q4 Y. }5 M5 Z! }Always,you supprised others.
% V# {# k$ M  G6 W% h7 pWhen  God stunned,
" k5 B2 ^$ B4 V, q. bYou began to a new caculatation of life.
) G- _" |3 t/ o. rI only endless repeated
3 x, a% }9 ?# y! o- U- v0 othe 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,
% P$ v3 Y% ^* i& twhile to cut the flowing river all years behind us  is
2 u$ n' @& B. h7 |8 j( s5 Pso difficult,difficult and difficult.


( L( ~8 f/ A" V《芹菜》

3 p- Q1 i% \0 o9 a$ r' s' z6 @芹菜的清香和声名
! O! l% l# e+ e, M# b自唐代开始      
一碗芹菜面流传至今
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现在，我赞美芹菜  
是因为那样一份现实中的不俗
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. m3 f0 _5 A! Q  c& X7 K+ l2 A7 wCelery
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5 Q+ ^, o* s: RIts fragrance and name came from Tang Dynasty.
* V5 E1 ^; S0 TA bowl of celery noodles came down till now.
5 j4 v4 B4 U, W8 }0 \Now, I praise it
, ?$ q/ l% p& _6 n2 v0 UCause the uncommon traits of it in true life
& c, O) V' ^4 s  lstill leave fragrance between my lips.
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9 y# w1 j/ V/ o( P《apple的信念》
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# Y3 b" Z6 c  L! b6 z7 q我给她一粒花生米
; ]3 k2 f6 x0 X6 T/ Z她就衔着。然后跑到
/ Y$ ]8 M) ^3 t1 K/ D离我五米的紫竹丛边
轻轻放下。
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再然后，她跑向一块
1 N4 a6 y/ o$ }9 f" {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——
' u) @% L- `; Q+ _% n一只小狗的信念。
尽管我告诉她
5 d- Z( F* {. Y1 k: K1 ?, I花生米营养丰富，她还是
" f9 P9 P' @3 f1 R8 c' B6 O0 a坚持着喜欢，那些骨头。

2014-2-17，半山茅舍。
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Apple’s belief

. q% s8 K7 N1 v* {; kI gave a peanut to her
She caught it,then run to
- j6 g5 |+ n; z" c) I6 u' a. c% w% sThe purple bamboo forest five meters from me,
4 \% f5 F, D- p+ w, SPut it gently.

And then she run to a pig-cheek bone
With deep love
She won’t leave it any more

5 a+ w: V& `$ j/ E  k( |5 \2 `5 UThis is apple_a puppy’s belief
  Z& S- Q8 k& J; g) }Although I told her
Peanuts are nutrient-rich
She still persist in loving those bones.

奥冬

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