Let the Ghosts Dance on the Silent Wall
Let the inner heart
Breathe—
1, 2, 3 . . .
Put the troubled world
To sleep
Tuck the corners
Of blanket gently
Don’t disturb
The brooding sky
Blow out
The lights
Let the inner
Heart breathe
Like a river
Running wide
Let it turn
Into a sheet
Of blank paper
On which no word
Is needed
Let the light
Come and fall
Like the ghost
Dancing
On the silent wall
Let the shadow
Dance and die
Let the fears
Turn around
Allow yourself
Love a little
At a time
No more
No less
Let the heart
Die
Before
A new you
Get born
Let
Your inner
Heart
Breathe
1, 2, 3
. . .
:: z.z. 2005
[foto by Adi Da]
知凡 发表评论于
welcome:)
LTG 发表评论于
zf,
thanks for the fine translation....very "tasty"!!!
the idea of "no self" is counter point to "ego"....
mostpeople cling to the "ego" because that's all they have...
by水滴 发表评论于
To me, "the self hidden within" never changes. 本性 should be close to self, so it shouldn't change all the time. Only mind, thoughts, feelings change all the time...
Therefore "刹那变化的本性" sound controversial to me. SO I am unable to interpret what 蕴体 means. :)
by水滴 发表评论于
ZZ: thanks for explain the "蕴". ALthough I still don't quite get it, oh well, maybe this is something beyond words that can explain, need "悟”。:)
the photos are tiny, I did try hard, can't see well...:)
LTG 发表评论于
wow! zf, your reading is deeeeeep!!
agree with you on "all arts lead to the same destination"...
:)
sd:
"蕴" seems to me means "hiding," "carrying within"...
thus "the self hidden within"...
but the "self" changes every day, every year....
you might have the same name, but your look, your mind, etc., are no longer the same as before...
LTG 发表评论于
SD:
maybe u r trying 2 hard :))
those pics are incredibly
artistic
&
spiritual
...
human + nature
melt into
each
other
:)
知凡 发表评论于
我发现所有的艺术,诗,智慧,人,佛,天等等似乎都是相通的。。。只要自己用心灵和身体去感觉。。。
不瞒你说,读这首诗歌里的每一层,因为很有感觉,读完让我想起一个舞蹈动作,我觉得很舒服的一个动作,就是那种做的时候心像花一样开放的感觉。。。现在体会一下没想到会和the wisdom of Buddhism沾边:)