5月25日

遺偈 ─ 天心月圓
演音弘一 ( 1880~1942 )

君子之交，其淡如水；執象而求，咫尺千里。
問余何適？廓爾忘言；華枝春滿，天心月圓。

──選自《弘一大師全集》

May 25

The Heart of Heaven, That Full Moon
Yanyin Hongyi (1880 - 1942)
English translation: Miao Guang

Acquaintances between superior men
   are as bland as water.
Any pursuit with a mind attached to appearances
    may seem within reach,
    yet a thousand miles away.
When asked of me, “What place shall suit you?”
I remain speechless in the face of a boundless future──
On the flower branches, full of spring air,
In the heart of heaven, that full moon.

── from Hongyi Dashi Quanji (Complete Works of Master Hongyi)