円覚寺 今月の詩 2023年4月
黄梅院
横田南嶺老師揮毫、坂村真民さんの詩です。
円覚寺山内・黄梅院の山門下にある掲示板にて、実物はご覧になれます。
英訳
Spring is here and flowers are calling you;
trees and shrubs are calling you as well;
rocks, stones, pebbles, and gravel, all of them
are also calling you;
running water and drifting clouds are calling you too;
the whole of creation is conjointly doing the same.
―The Complete Poetic Works of Sakamura Shinmin, Volume 3
―Calligraphy: Yokota Nanrei
―English translation: Sakai Takahiko
―English consultation: Paul Dargan
総門下 参道沿い
総門のご朱印・お守り受付の奥に 管長揮毫の坂村真民さんの詩が掲げられています。ご来山の折にどうぞご覧ください。
英訳
So long as you carry on living,
do not complain about any trifling matters,
but sing cheering songs toward the sky up high above you
like birds warbling in the season of spring, will you?
―Sakamura Shinmin
―Calligraphy: Yokota Nanrei
―English translation: Sakai Takahiko
―English consultation: Paul Dargan