1月15日

過天山和上人韻二絕
元 耶律楚材 ( 1190~1244 )

從征萬里走風沙，
南北東西總是家；
落得胸中空索索，
凝然心是白蓮花。

──選自《湛然居士集》

January 15th

Quatrain on Crossing Tianshan with Master
Yelu Chucai (1190 - 1244, Yuan Dynasty)
English translation: John Balcom

Marching for ten thousand miles through wind-blown sand─
North, south, east and west, it’s all home.
In the end, the heart is emptied,
Nothing stirs; the mind a white lotus.

── from Zhanran Jushi Ji (Works of Layman Zhanran)