七寶池上底鄉思 Homesickness by the Pool of Seven Treasures

七寶池上底鄉思Homesickness upon the Seven-Jeweled Pool

七宝池上底乡思

彌陀說，『極樂世界底池上，Amitabha said, "Upon the pool of the Land of Ultimate Bliss,

弥陀说，『极乐世界底池上，

何來凄切的泣聲？whence comes this mournful sound of weeping?

何来凄切的泣声？

迦陵頻迦，你下去看看Kalavinka, go down and see

迦陵频迦，你下去看看

是誰這樣猖狂．』who dares be so unruly."

是谁这样猖狂．』

於是迦陵頻迦鼓着翅膀，So the kalavinka beat its wings,

于是迦陵频迦鼓着翅膀，

飛到池邊一棵寶樹上，and flew to a jeweled tree beside the pool,

飞到池边一棵宝树上，

還歇在那里，引頸下望：and alighted there, craning its neck to look down:

还歇在那里，引颈下望：

『咦，佛子，你豈忘了這里是天堂？"Eh, child of Buddha, have you forgotten this is paradise?

『咦，佛子，你岂忘了这里是天堂？

你豈不愛這里底寶林成行：Do you not love these rows of jeweled groves,

你岂不爱这里底宝林成行：

樹上底花花相對，the blossoms on the trees facing each other,

树上底花花相对，

葉葉相當？leaf matching leaf?

叶叶相当？

你豈不聞這里有等等妙音充耳；Do you not hear how here wondrous music fills the ear;

你岂不闻这里有等等妙音充耳；

豈不見這里有等等莊嚴寶相？do you not see how here solemn, glorious forms abound?

岂不见这里有等等庄严宝相？

住這樣具足的樂土，Dwelling in such a land of perfect bliss,

住这样具足的乐土，

爲何儘自悲傷？』why do you go on grieving so?"

为何尽自悲伤？』

坐在寶薘上底少婦還自啜泣，合掌囘答說：The young woman seated on the jeweled dais still sobbed softly to herself, and pressing her palms together, answered:

坐在宝荙上底少妇还自啜泣，合掌囘答说：

『大士，這里是你底家鄉，"Great One, this is your native home,

『大士，这里是你底家乡，

在你，當然不覺得有何等苦况．to you, of course, it holds no trace of suffering.

在你，当然不觉得有何等苦况．

我底故土是在人間，But my native land is in the world of men,

我底故土是在人间，

怎能敎我不哭着想？how can you make me not weep as I long for it?

怎能教我不哭着想？

『我要來底時候，"When I was about to come here,

『我要来底时候，

我全身都冷却了．my whole body had already grown cold.

但我底夫君，還用他溫煖的手將我摟抱；But my husband still held me close with his warm hands;

但我底夫君，还用他温煖的手将我搂抱；

用他融溶的淚滴在我額頭．he let his melting tears fall upon my forehead.

用他融溶的泪滴在我额头．

『我要來底時候，"When I was about to come here,

『我要来底时候，

我全身都挺直了；my whole body had gone stiff and straight;

但我底夫君，還把我底四肢來囘曲撓．but my husband still bent and flexed my limbs, again and again.

但我底夫君，还把我底四肢来囘曲挠．

『我要來底時候，"When I was about to come here,

『我要来底时候，

我全身底顏色，已變得直如死灰；the color of my whole body had turned to the grey of death;

我全身底颜色，已变得直如死灰；

但我底夫君還用指頭壓我底兩頰，but my husband still pressed my two cheeks with his fingers,

但我底夫君还用指头压我底两颊，

看看從前的粉紅色能否復囘．to see whether their former rosy color might yet return.

看看从前的粉红色能否复囘．

『現在我整天坐在這里，"Now I sit here the whole day long,

『现在我整天坐在这里，

不時聽見他底悲啼．and now and again I hear his grieving cries.

不时听见他底悲啼．

唉，我額上底淚痕，Ah, the trace of tears upon my forehead,

唉，我额上底泪痕，

我臂上底煖氣，the warmth upon my arms,

我臂上底煖气，

我臉上底顏色，the color upon my face,

我脸上底颜色，

我全身底關節，every joint of my whole body,

我全身底关节，

都因着我夫君底聲音，all because of my husband's voice,

都因着我夫君底声音，

燒起來，溶起來了！are catching fire, are melting away!

烧起来，溶起来了！

我指望來這里享受快樂，I had hoped to come here and enjoy happiness,

我指望来这里享受快乐，

現在反憔悴了！but now instead I have withered away!

现在反憔悴了！

『呀，我要囘去，"Ah, I want to go back,

我要囘去，I want to go back,

我要囘去止住他底悲啼．I want to go back and still his grieving cries.

我巴不得現在就囘去止住他底悲啼．』I long to go back this very instant and still his grieving cries."

我巴不得现在就囘去止住他底悲啼．』

迦陵頻迦說：The kalavinka said:

迦陵频迦说：

『你且靜一靜，"Be still a while,

『你且静一静，

我爲你吹起天笙，I will play the heavenly pipes for you,

我为你吹起天笙，

把你心中愁悶的壘塊平一平；to smooth away the knotted sorrow in your heart;

把你心中愁闷的垒块平一平；

且化你耳邊底悲啼爲歡聲．and turn the grieving cries in your ears into sounds of joy.

且化你耳边底悲啼为欢声．

你且靜一靜，Be still a while,

你且静一静，

我爲你吹這天笙．I will play this heavenly pipe for you.

我为你吹这天笙．

『你底聲不能變爲愛底噴泉，"Your music cannot be turned into a fountain of love,

『你底声不能变为爱底喷泉，

不能滅我身上一切愛痕底烈燄；it cannot quench the fierce flame of every trace of love upon my body;

不能灭我身上一切爱痕底烈燄；

也不能變爲忘底深淵，nor can it become an abyss of forgetting,

也不能变为忘底深渊，

使他將一切情愫投入裏頭，into which he might cast all his feeling,

使他将一切情愫投入里头，

不再將人惦念，and think of me no more.

不再将人惦念，

我還得囘去和他相見，I must still go back and see him,

我还得囘去和他相见，

去解他底眷戀．』and release him from his longing."

去解他底眷恋．』

『呵，你這樣有情，"Ah, you have such feeling,

『呵，你这样有情，

誰還能對你勸說who could still counsel you,

谁还能对你劝说

向你攔禁？or bar your way?

向你拦禁？

回去罷，須記得這就是輪迴因．Go back then, but remember — this is the very seed of transmigration."

回去罢，须记得这就是轮回因．

彌陀說：『善哉，迦陵！Amitabha said, "Well spoken, Kalavinka!

弥陀说：『善哉，迦陵！

你乃能爲她說這大因緣！You have been able to speak to her of this great chain of causes!

你乃能为她说这大因缘！

縱然碎世界爲微塵，Even were the world shattered into motes of dust,

纵然碎世界为微尘，

這微塵中也住着無量有情．within those very motes would dwell sentient beings beyond number.

这微尘中也住着无量有情．

所以世界不盡，有情不盡；Therefore, so long as the world does not end, sentient beings do not end;

所以世界不尽，有情不尽；

有情不盡，輪迴不盡；so long as sentient beings do not end, transmigration does not end;

有情不尽，轮回不尽；

輪迴不盡，濟度不盡；so long as transmigration does not end, salvation does not end;

轮回不尽，济度不尽；

濟度不盡，樂土乃能顯現不盡．so long as salvation does not end, the Land of Bliss can go on manifesting without end."

济度不尽，乐土乃能显现不尽．

話說完，蓮瓣漸把少婦裹起來，再合成一朶菡萏低垂着．微風一吹，他荏弱得支When she had finished speaking, the lotus petals gradually wrapped the young woman up, folding once more into a single drooping lotus bud. A breath of wind blew, and it, so frail, could barely

话说完，莲瓣渐把少妇裹起来，再合成一朶菡萏低垂着．微风一吹，他荏弱得支

持不住，便墮入池裏．sustain itself, and so it fell into the pool.

持不住，便堕入池里．

迦陵頻迦好像記不得這事，在那花花相對，葉葉相當底林中，向着別的有情歌The kalavinka seemed to remember nothing of this, and in that grove where blossom faced blossom and leaf matched leaf, went on singing

迦陵频迦好像记不得这事，在那花花相对，叶叶相当底林中，向着别的有情歌

唱去了．to other sentient beings.