2月19日

蠅子透窗偈
宋 白雲守端 ( 1025~1072 )

為愛尋光紙上鑽，
不能透處幾多般；
忽然撞著來時路，
始覺平生被眼瞞。

──選自《林間錄》

February 19th

Verse on a Housefly Entering the Window
Baiyun Shouduan (1025 - 1072, Song Dynasty)
English translation: John Balcom

For love I seek the light by pouring over books;
I was unable to leave that place–how difficult.
Suddenly, I arrive on the road I came from
And begin to awaken to the past my eyes had cheated from me.

── from Lin Jian Lu (Record of Training in the Forest)