Hai Zi - Facing the sea, flowers in spring

面朝大海,春暖花开

从明天起,做一个幸福的人
喂马，劈柴，周游世界
从明天起,关心粮食和蔬菜
我有一所房子，面朝大海,春暖花开

从明天起，和每一个亲人通信
告诉他们我的幸福
那幸福的闪电告诉我的
我将告诉每一个人

给每一条河每一座山取一个温暖的名字

陌生人，我也为你祝福
愿你有一个灿烂的前程
愿你有情人终成眷属
愿你在尘世获的幸福

我只愿面朝大海，春暖花开


Facing the sea, flowers in spring

From tomorrow on, be a happy man
Raise horses, chop wood, see the world.
From tomorrow on, care about food, eat vegetables
A house facing the sea, and flowers in spring.

From tomorrow on, write to all my family
Tell them about my happiness
This spark of joy, its message
Let everybody know

Give each river, each mountain, a warm name

You too, stranger, wish you the best
Wish you a brilliant future
Wish you a lasting marriage
Wish you happiness in this world

Me, I just want to face the sea, and flowers in spring.

Hai Zi - Longing for past lives

思念前生

庄子在水中洗手
洗完了手手掌上一片寂静
庄子在水中洗身
身子是一匹布
那布上粘满了
水面上漂来漂去的声音

庄子想混入
凝望月亮的野兽
骨头一寸一寸
在肚脐上下
象树枝一样长着

也许庄子就是我
摸一摸树皮
开始对自己的身子
亲切
亲切又苦恼
月亮触到我
仿佛我是光着身子
进出

母亲如门 对我轻轻开着

Longing for past lives

When Zhuangzi washed his hands
Inside his palm lingered
A chunk of silence
When Zhuangzi bathed
His body was a rag
Over which stuck
The lapping of water

When Zhuangzi wanted to dissolve
Into a beast staring at the moon
A bone, inch by inch
Inside his belly
Grew like the branches of a tree

Maybe Zhuangzi is me
Caressing the bark of trees
First like one’s own body
Tenderly
Tender and then tense
The moonlight touches me
And I am like naked
In and out

Mother is like a door, softly open for me

Sayonara - Xu Zhimo

沙扬挪拉一首
赠日本女郎

最是那一低头的温柔，
　　象一朵水莲花不胜凉风的娇羞，
　道一声珍重，道一声珍重，
　　那一声珍重里有甜蜜的忧愁——
　　　沙扬娜拉！ 　　

A Sayonara,
To a japanese lady

At first, it is this warmth, which makes one bow one's head
Like a lotus flower, which submits to the wind
Say one take care, and another take care
Yet all those take care are full of sweet grief
Sayonara !

Hanfeizi - Tigers on the market

龐 恭 與 太 子 質 於 邯 鄲 ， 謂 魏 王 曰 ： 『 今 一 人 言 市 有 虎 ， 王 信 之 乎 ？ 』 曰 ： 『 不 信 。 』 『 二 人 言 市 有 虎 ， 王 信 之 乎 ？ 』曰 ： 『 不 信 。 』 『 三 人 言 市 有 虎 ， 王 信 之 乎 ？ 』 王 曰 ： 『 寡 人 信 之 。』 龐 恭 曰 ： 『 夫 市 之 無 虎 也 明 矣 ， 然 而 三 人 言 而 成 虎 。 今 邯 鄲 之 去 魏 也 遠 於 市 ， 議 臣 者 過 於 三 人 ， 願 王 察 之 。 』 龐 恭 從 邯 鄲 反 ， 竟 不 得 見。

As Pangong was about to serve, with the crown prince, as a hostage in Handan, he told the king of Wei: "If someone said there is a tiger on the market square, would you believe him? -- I would not. -- And if two persons said that there was a tiger on the market, would you believe them? -- I would not. -- And if three persons said there is a tiger on the market, would you believe them?" The king said : "I would". He replied : "It is clear that there is no tiger on the market square, yet three persons saying there is one make it real. Now, Handan is farther from Wei than the market square, and there will be more than three people criticising me. I hope your majesty will consider this." Yet, when Pangong came back from Handan, he was not granted royal audiences anymore.

Autumn thoughts - Ma Zhiyuan

枯藤老树昏鸦。
小桥流水人家。
古道西风瘦马。
夕阳西下，
断肠人在
天涯。

Dry reeds, old trees, night birds
Small bridge, running water, people homes
Old road, western wind, lean horse
Evening sun setting west
A wretched man stands here
On the edge of heaven

Laozi 33

知人者智，
自知者明。
勝人者有力，
自勝者強。
知足者富。
強行者有志。
不失其所者久。
死而不亡者，
壽。

He who knows others is learned
He who knows himself is clairvoyant
He who prevails over others has strength
He who prevails over himself has power
He who knows to be contented is rich
He who perseveres will prevail
He who dies, yet is not forgotten
Will live for ever.

Laozi 47

不出戶，
知天下；
不窺牖，見天道。
其出彌遠，
其知彌少。
是以聖人
不行而知，
不見而名，
不為而成。

Not pass one's door
Yet know the world,
Not look through one's windows
Yet see Heaven's ways

The farther one goes
The less one knows

Therefore the wise
Travels not, yet knows
Watches not, yet understands
Acts not, yet succeeds