MEETING by Shih Ru Bin 释如斌《照见》

MEETING
By Shih Ru Bin
Translated by "Laoha" Mario Li

The calls of wild geese stay after they are gone.
On water, the passing boats leave nothing.
In the dimness, the colors of this mundane world
Of right and wrong are followed by the absent minds.
The beautiful poems and youthful songs,
Like the leaves of Madagascar almond tree,
Nurse your artery and enhance your respiration.
A desiccated world is believed to be still warm.
Sound like musical notes and look like jewelry,
The golden grains of autumn wheat made you write
With the cursive style of an ancient Chinese calligrapher.
You said it’s a desolation hoping for winter snow.

Still having needs and still having passions,
You cultivated to such an extent and still
Have not figured out what life and death are about,
Saying the past is not past like a smoke.
OK!
When it’s time for us to meet, with a clear mind,
I promise I’ll knuckle right on your head.
All the agonies are due to being alive.

*Shih Ru Bin, a Buddhist poetess, pen name "zenyueh", born in 1964, curently living in a convent in Taiwan.


释如斌 《照见》

雁过留声
船过无痕
红红艳艳根尘是非
恍惚在冥冥中参随
美丽的诗　青春的歌
如小本榄仁叶
调你血气　治你心肺
深信风干的世界犹有温
铿琳匡琅　秋收的金黄麦粒
引你写一手怀素狂草
说是寂寥盼冬雪

你犹有贪嗔犹有痴爱
修道苦至 生死未明
却道往事并不如烟
哎！
何时照见性空朗朗
许你当头一棒
烦恼俱尽法身活

*释如斌，佛门女诗人，笔名“禅岳”，生于1964年，在台湾出家为尼。