飄零_Falling alone

秋風一起
枯葉就隨之飛舞而下
寒冬一到
只餘枝椏禿露向上伸展

桃花滿枝椏
一陣陣的風中便有花瓣飄零
一天天的花樣便夾著綠芽漸增
短短幾週
換成滿樹的葉　零星的垂果

一世代的人
也像
一樹的葉　一季的花
在時間的微風中戰慄著
　　逐漸飄零
直到一一落盡
　　也不過百年

活著的你我
猶如　一葉　一花瓣
不知何時要飄零
可還在作夢麼

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　二○○九年四月廿四日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　養和齋　　　於加州

-----Original Message-----
From: Yutang Lin
Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 1:40 AM
To: Dharma Friends
Subject: Falling alone

Awakening to impermanence--new work in Chinese and English attached.
無常的醒悟--中英文的新作附呈。

The inspiration arrived at around 3 a.m., so I got up to write the Chinese one.
這個靈感大約在清晨三點鐘時來到，因此我起身寫出了中文版。

May all beings attain Enlightenment soon!
願一切眾生早日成佛！

Yutang
鈺堂

Falling alone　Yutang Lin

As autumn winds started to blow
Withered leaves flew down dancing on their wings
As cold winter arrived
Only bare branches left stretching up into the sky

Peach blossom covered all branches
Along each breeze passed by some petals falling off alone
Day by day the blossom mixed with more and more green shoots
Only a few weeks later
Foliage took over all branches, mixed with dangling tiny peaches

People of one generation
Are like
Foliage on a tree, blossom of one season
Trembling in the breeze of time
　　　　 Gradually falling off alone
Until one by one all fallen off
　　　　 It took but a century long

You and I still alive
Are like one leaf, one petal
Not knowing when to fall alone
Yet still stayed dreaming

Written in Chinese and translated on April 24, 2009
El Cerrito, California

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