文／唐‧靈雲志勤（生卒年不詳）

三十年來尋劍客，幾回落葉又抽枝；

自從一見桃花後，直至如今更不疑。

──選自《五燈會元》

When Enlightened by Peach Blossoms

Lingyun Zhiqin

(Years unknow, Tang Dynasty)
English translation： John Balcom

（ed. John Gill & Susan Tidwell）

Searching for a sword for thirty years

Many times the leaves have fallen

  to sprout anew.

Following one glance at a peach blossom,

I no longer have any more doubts.

     ── from Wudeng Huiyuan

  （Compendium of Five Lamps）