2016-03-29

Wang An-Shih

Néalta

nochtann néalta is iad gan bhuairt
imíonn leo ar a gcamchuairt:
aigne gan bhuairt ní féidir a 'aimsiú' -
téigh á lorg is raghair amú

Clouds

Clouds appear free of care
And carefree drift away.
But the carefree mind is not to be "found" --
To find it, first stop looking around.

~ Wang An-Shih ~


(A Drifting Boat: Chinese Zen Poetry, aistrithe ag J. W. Wallis)