钱起: 送僧归日本/ qian qi: farewell to a japanese buddhist priest bound homeward

送僧归日本

钱起

上国随缘住， 来途若梦行。

浮天沧海远， 去世法舟轻。

水月通禅寂， 鱼龙听梵声。

惟怜一灯影， 万里眼中明。

　

farewell to a japanese buddhist priest bound homeward

qian qi

you were foreordained to find the source.

now, tracing your way as in a dream

there where the sea floats up the sky,

you wane from the world in your fragile boat....

the water and the moon are as calm as your faith,