柳宗元·《晨诣超师院读禅经》英译

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闲持贝叶书，步出东斋读。

真源了无取，妄迹世所逐。

遗言冀可冥，缮性何由熟。

道人庭宇静，苔色连深竹。

日出雾露余，青松如膏沐。

淡然离言说，悟悦心自足。

An Early Morning Visit to the Buddhist Priest Chao to Read the Chan Scriptures

Liu Zongyuan

Drawing water from the well, I rinse my cold teeth,

Brushing my dusty gown, I purify my mind.

Quietly I open the Tree-Leaf Book of Sutra,

And reading, I leave the East Study behind.

Ignored are the true sources of this teaching,

So many a false track as many a stray.

There words promise bliss after Nirvana,

But how can I embark on the Only Way?

Quiet: here in the green of the priest’s courtyard,

The mosses blend with the thick bamboo, a strand

Of mist on the dewy sunbeams slumbers,