──Martin Tebbs

" Today everything is different
everything the same
How is it different?
In a cloudless sky swallows glide
Effortlessly, leaving no trace
Young lambs call and call
How is it the same?
Insects murmur among the blossoming trees;
The master stands by the Ch'an hall door
He is radiantly happy
Even the Buddhas do not have such
wonderful woollen socks! "


今天每一件事都不同，
每一件事卻又相同，
小綿羊在咩咩的呼喚，
燕子掠過無雲的天空，不留痕跡，
自在輕輕
何處又相同
昆蟲依然的鳴叫，聲音來自茂密的樹叢
師父站在禪堂門中
臉上充滿光輝的笑容，
即使是佛！也沒有如此漂亮的毛襪！
(波蘭人送的)