文／演音弘一（1880~1942）

君子之交，其淡如水，

執象而求，咫尺千里。

問余何適？廓爾亡言，

華枝春滿，天心月圓。

──選自《弘一大師全集》

The Heart of Heaven,

that Full Moon

Yanyin Hongyi (1880 - 1942)

English translation:Venerable Miao Guang

Acquaintances between superior men

are as bland as water.

Any pursuit with a mind attached to appearances

may seem within reach,

yet a thousand miles away.

When asked of me, “What place shall suit you?”

I remain speechless in the face of an open future.

On the flower branches, full of spring air,

In the heart of heaven, that full moon.

── from Hongyi Dashi Quanji(The Complete Works of Master Hongyi)