原文 Original text
繁體 Traditional
Reader's edition
含詞賦 With rhapsody
三藏思鄉 別君之歎 Tripitaka's Homesick Lament; a Song of Parting
一自當年別聖君，奔波晝夜甚慇懃。一自当年别圣君，奔波昼夜甚慇懃。
芒鞋踏破山頭霧，竹笠沖開嶺上雲。芒鞋踏破山头雾，竹笠冲开岭上云。
夜靜猿啼殊可嘆，月明鳥噪不堪聞。夜静猿啼殊可叹，月明鸟噪不堪闻。
何時滿足三三行，得取如來妙法文？」何时满足三三行，得取如来妙法文？」
逐句解 Line by line
一自當年別聖君，奔波晝夜甚慇懃。
一自当年别圣君，奔波昼夜甚慇懃。
Ever since the year I took my leave of the sage lord, / by day and night I have toiled in ceaseless care.
聖君 — the Tang emperor Taizong, who dispatched Tripitaka to fetch the scriptures.
芒鞋踏破山頭霧，竹笠沖開嶺上雲。
芒鞋踏破山头雾，竹笠冲开岭上云。
My straw sandals have trodden through the mist on the mountain crests, / my bamboo hat has broken open the clouds upon the ridge.
夜靜猿啼殊可嘆，月明鳥噪不堪聞。
夜静猿啼殊可叹，月明鸟噪不堪闻。
In the still of night the gibbons' cry is grievous to hear; / under the bright moon the birds' clamor is more than the ear can bear.
何時滿足三三行，得取如來妙法文？」
何时满足三三行，得取如来妙法文？」
When shall the thrice-three stages of the Way be fulfilled, / that I may win and bear home the Tathāgata's wondrous scriptures?
三三行 — the stages of the pilgrim's practice figured numerologically as three-times-three.
A regulated poem in Tripitaka's voice — the sole showcase verse of this stretch, hence a 4-chip passage. The straw sandals and bamboo hat, the night-gibbons and moon-birds, are the stock furniture of the travel-lament, closing on the pilgrim's one abiding wish: to complete the 三三行 and bring the scriptures home.