Alternate Translations

一
道
寒
光
威
音
劫
外

1.

Yi
Dao
Han
Guang
Wei
Yin
Jie
Wai

2.

One
Beam
Cold
Light
Buddha
Mind
Beyond
Time

3.

A
Touch
Of
Moonlight
And
Time
Vanishes

4.

The
Room
Is
Empty

The
Lamp
Is
Lit

5.

Now
That
I’ve
Found
My
Flashlight

No
Need
To
Sweep
The
Path

6.

Up early watching spring dawn

Moon big and round
Framed by roofs and palms
And phone lines
Just above the western horizon

Sun still low
Behind the rocks
Of the Box Springs Mountains

A million different bird songs
Fill the air
Between them

Here comes Buddha
Driving the garbage truck

(for Inso Chung)