哥德堡变奏曲（383）

哥德堡变奏曲（383）

 

首先当然是山河大地

然后是一只雄鹰的翱翔

村庄、母鸡、牛马、农夫和牧童

以至于一头驴子、待宰杀的猪羊

蚯蚓、蝙蝠、蜥蜴、蛇蝎、蚊虫

它们的名字又合成另外一个名字

大佛！它们共同的家园和心所

竟然让一名道士的眼睛建成了！

大佛！这光辉的名，这闪耀的字

永永远远的归宿，孕育生死的子宫

请看它亦动亦静非动非静如如不动

他虽然行走、虽然飞翔、虽然疾驰

他竟然哪也未去，他竟然无处不在！

大佛之名照耀四方，万物因有佛而有福

杀戮的，被杀戮的，言说的和被言说的

我说的你们，即是我们、他们和它们

我说的那里在这里，我说的好人是坏人

这世上的语言即将坍塌了、衰败了、灭绝了

而今即便是眼如闪电口吐龙象的诗人

面对大佛他也常常因力不从心而沉默

你们的诗呢，你们的纸和笔呢

告诉你吧，如果不是为了练习

如果不是为了要道成肉身

你们何苦呢去写那些伪诗？

 

《写生门：大佛颂》

 

Sure, here is the translation of the poem:

**"First and Foremost, of Course, Are Mountains and Rivers"**

First and foremost, of course, are mountains and rivers,
Then there is an eagle soaring in the sky,
Villages, hens, cows, horses, farmers, and shepherd boys,
Even a donkey, pigs, and sheep awaiting slaughter,
Earthworms, bats, lizards, snakes, scorpions, and mosquitoes—
Their names merge into another name:
Great Buddha! Their common home and mind,
Built through the eyes of a Taoist!
Great Buddha! This glorious name, these radiant characters,
An eternal haven, the womb of life and death,
See how it is both moving and still, neither moving nor still, steadfast and unmoved,
Though it walks, flies, and speeds,
It goes nowhere yet is omnipresent!
The name of the Great Buddha shines in all directions, and all things are blessed by its presence.
The killers and the killed, the speakers and the spoken of,
What I speak of you, is us, them, and it,
What I say of there is here, what I say of good people are bad people.
The language of this world is about to collapse, decline, and perish,
And now even poets with eyes like lightning and mouths spitting dragons and elephants,
Often fall silent before the Great Buddha, overwhelmed.
Where are your poems, your paper, and your pens?
Let me tell you, if not for practice,
If not for the Word becoming flesh,
Why would you bother to write those false poems?