定中

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天道何盘盘，机深玉宇寒。

趺坐白石上，坐久夜正阑。

山鸟惊飞去，庭空更萧然。

一念如寂灭，回看小尘寰。

In Tranquility

Translated by 曾铮 and Damian RobinTranslated by‭ ‬‮٤‬؟؟ژ‭ ‬and Damian Robin

The Way of Heaven narrows, squeezing, distant,

upward complexly to an up high, jade-made palace.

I meditate, legs tight on a whitened mountain bollard,

long, through long night's deep-stretched, empty solace.

Even mountain birds scatter before the palace.

The courtyard desolate. The whole world, dust.

One simple, single thought. Silence. Extinction. No place.

Look backward, only a speck of dust.