variations on a theme of lotus, 60 x 84cm, 2012
少時家貧，難得購買圖書，亦不懂買書之道。只記得最早買得的一本書是白香詞譜，將近四十年了，紙張已變黃，仍屹立在書架上。
對詩詞的愛好一直不減。尤喜詞的意境幽美，句子長短交錯，讀來韻味無窮。＜詩莊詞媚＞，詩宜言志，詞宜寫情，而情自是人生當中最微妙，最寶貴，最精彩的東西。
| 雨橫風狂 | In the slashing rain and the maddening wind, |
| 落櫻空中飛舞 | cherry blossoms were falling and dancing. |
| 一瞬間遠年的 | In a moment, a silk scarf from years away |
| 絲巾黯然變老 | became old in sorrow, |
| 徐徐旋落地上 | swirling onto the ground |
| 讓潦水薰陶 | to melt into the pool of water. |
| ＜絲巾＞ | "silk scarf" |
| 復得返自然 34頁 | back to nature p.34 |
| 沈思蓮池畔 | In deep thought by the lotus pond, |
| 古楓趕急擲下楓子 | the ancient maple threw its seeds in haste. |
| 無何有那麼一顆 | How did one of them |
| 猝然飛快擦過臉兒 | dart out of nowhere to graze my face? |
| 來不及思痛 | Before the thought of pain comes, |
| 時已止 | time has stopped. |
| ＜蓮池畔＞ | "by the lotus pond" |
| 復得返自然 18頁 | back to nature p.18 |
| 那一刻 | That moment, |
| 你曾否進入我內 | did you enter into my inner being |
| 癡迷於葛利果聖詠 | mesmerized in the Gregorian chants? |
| 遍尋走失了的雲彩 | Searching for colours in |
| 在山邊野櫻下嬉游 | the clouds which had faded? |
| 靜待旱雷一聲劈來 | Frolicking under the wild |
| 那一刻 | cherry trees on the hillside? |
| 我好像失去了存在 | Waiting in silence for |
| 你呢 | the sound of thunder to strike? |
| 是否仍在我內 | That moment, |
| I seemed to have lost my being. | |
| ＜那一刻＞ | And you - |
| 復得返自然 80頁 | are you still within me? |
| "that moment" | |
| back to nature p.80 |
| 我很寂寞 | I am very lonely. |
| 這路無人走 | This road – no one is walking on it. |
| 我很疲累 | I am very tired. |
| 這路有沒有盡頭 | This road – is there an end to it? |
| 曠野的聲音慌忙說 | The voice from the wilderness said in haste, |
| 盡頭大概沒有 | “There is no end to the road, it seems. |
| 無盡頭的路最有味道 | But a road without an end is most interesting. |
| 寂寞便去找個伴同遊 | If you are lonely, go and look for a companion.” |
| 伴往那裡找 | “Where can I find a companion?” |
| 就在這路的盡頭 | “At the end of this road.” |
| ＜伴＞ | "companion" |
| 復得返自然 66頁 | back to nature p.66 |
| 你想做光 | You wish to be light, |
| 三千大千世界遍送 | three thousand universes to spread through. |
| 叫斜暉躡足 | Ask the slanting shafts to tiptoe, |
| 潛入狹小窗縫 | to steal through the cracks of a small window, |
| 揚起上億顆微塵 | to raise a billion particles of dust, |
| 在光束中踴躍跳動 | to jump in excitement in a bouquet of rays |
| 不消片刻黑暗又把 | but for a moment. In the next, |
| 上下四方回復空洞 | darkness again drains the four corners |
| into emptiness. | |
| ＜光＞ | |
| 復得返自然 114頁 | "light" |
| back to nature p.114 |
| 徐行不知去向 | Stroll without a sense of direction. |
| 小徑隨機漫走 | Follow the small path at random. |
| 林木新枝紛發 | New branches shoot from the forest. |
| 詩思蹦跳不休 | Thoughts of poetry dance unhalting. |
| 傳來心聲迴盪 | A voice echoes in the heart. |
| 原是小鳥啁啾 | The call of a young bird, it seems. |
| 褪去衣履靈魂 | Remove the covering of the soul. |
| 在赤裸裸靜修 | Meditate in nakedness. |
| ＜徐行＞ | "taking a stroll" |
| 復得返自然 122頁 | back to nature p.122 |
| 你是誰 | Who are you |
| 靜靜桌上臥 | quietly lying on the table? |
| 彩粉濃豔 | How can |
| 如何 | a palette of colours |
| 再造你的袒裸 | reform your nakedness? |
| 拾取這個角度 | From this angle alone |
| 只有我 | I pick up |
| 把你寸寸描紅 | your every inch |
| 也只有我 | to fill with red - |
| only me. | |
| ＜紅裸＞ | |
| 一覺十年 3頁 | "red nude" |
| first ten years p.3 |
| 雨要過 | The rain will pass. |
| 天要青 | The sky will clear. |
| 你的美麗依舊 | Your splendour remains. |
| 夏陽炎炎 | Summer sun burning, |
| 繞塘邊 | around the pond. |
| 挽著你的手 | I hold your hand. |
| 不知名的鳥 | A nameless bird calls |
| 聲聲叫喚 | to say less but more, |
| 欲說還休 | lost in mountain |
| 迷路 | after mountain. |
| 山丘又山丘 | |
| "umbrella" | |
| ＜傘＞ | first ten years p.17 |
| 一覺十年 17頁 |
| 大爆炸後 | After the Big Bang, |
| 火燄飄飄然 | towering flames |
| 即時穿上五色 | immediately clothed themselves |
| 熔化了億萬年 | to multicolours melting |
| 害得諸神 | away billions of years |
| 在純黑的虛無中 | so the gods |
| 忙於煆煉 | in the emptiness of pure black |
| 只得小鳥 | must busy themselves with cleansing. |
| 未惹塵埃 | Only a tiny bird |
| 滴滴猶叩窗軒 | unstained with dust |
| taps lightly | |
| ＜聖壇＞ | still on the window. |
| 一覺十年 73頁 | |
| "the shrine" | |
| first ten years p.73 |
| 山愈高 | The higher the mountain, |
| 隱者的足印愈顯著 | the clearer the footprints |
| 原來失落了的城堡 | of the hermit. |
| 都在雲深處 | The lost castle is found |
| 飛鳥忘情 | in the thick of the clouds. |
| 忽東忽西 | Forgetting themselves, |
| 都無所住 | birds are flitting |
| east and west | |
| ＜雲深＞ | without rest. |
| 一覺十年 97頁 | |
| "clouds thick" | |
| first ten years p.97 |
| 山中花太野 | In the mountain, flowers are too wild. |
| 瓶裡花待謝 | In a vase, they wait but to wither. |
| 特地造了 | These several styles |
| 式式盤盤缽缽 | of pots and bowls made |
| 既載下你的生命 | to hold your life |
| 又規劃你的生活 | yet mark your boundaries. |
| 誰叫上帝造人 | Who asked God to create man |
| 在週末 | on a weekend? |
| ＜盤花＞ | "potted flowers" |
| 一覺十年 107頁 | first ten years p.107 |
| 他們終要 | In the end, |
| 一個個的離去 | one by one, they leave. |
| 驀然已日暮 | Suddenly the day is dark. |
| 只剩你 | Only you remain |
| 獨闖歸途 | to return alone. |
| 然而 | Yet, |
| 舊徑盡是蓬蒿 | the old path is buried in tall grass. |
| 也許 | Perhaps |
| 從來便不曾有路 | there has never been a way. |
| 自古只得 | From time immemorial, |
| 混沌藍圖 | merely a blueprint of chaos. |
| ＜獨歸＞ | "returning alone" |
| 一覺十年 117頁 | first ten years p.117 |
poems translated into English by Agnes Lam
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