終日尋春不見春 / zhōng rì xún chūn bù jiàn chūn /
Looking for Spring
Category:
One Stroke Calligraphy_Poetry 一筆字：古德悟道詩
Description:
終日尋春不見春
唐 無盡藏比丘尼（？～676）
終日尋春不見春，芒鞋踏破嶺頭雲；
歸來偶把梅花嗅，春在枝頭已十分。
──《楞嚴經宗通》
Looking for Spring
Wujin Zang (? - 676, Tang Dynasty)
English translation: John Balcom
The whole day spent looking for spring but not seeing spring;
Straw sandals worn out on cloud-covered peaks.
Return to casually sniff the plum blossoms;
Spring is already fully on the branch tips.
── from Lengyanjing Zongtong (Mastering the School Tenets of the Shurangama Sutra)
References:
星雲大師全集【書法類】古德悟道詩 The Complete Works of Venerable Master Hsing Yun: Calligraphy-Poetry
