Sew one monk’s robe for the old farmer

縫一件僧衣給老農

one for the naughty child

縫一件僧衣給頑童

one for the village woman

縫一件僧衣給村婦

another for the wanderer

縫一件僧衣給浪子

Leave home when young, step by step

年幼的他一步步離了家

seeking the scriptures’ patterns

在經書的紋路尋找

for a pair of hands, eyes,

另一雙手另一雙眼

a new head, a new heaven and earth

另一顆頭顱另一座乾坤

Thousands of heartbeats, stitch by stitch

用千萬個心跳一針針

Mend invisible robes

縫補無形的僧衣

for the hateful

給瞋恨的人

the greedy

貪得的人

the ignorant

癡昧的人

for those of endless worry

數不盡憂愁的人

Set out in all directions,

十方行走他把十方的

sew the self into a robe,

自己也縫成了僧衣

a shell of mortal doctrine

縫成一卷肉身的教義

inverting the human

把人間的顛倒縫進

within empty seams

壞空的皺摺

When finally it’s time, descend

時候到了。他盤腿坐入陶缸

cross-legged into a clay pot,

以琉璃的肌膚照明

glazed skin reflecting

用垂長的鬚髮指點

long hair, beard highlighting

把一生縫製的僧衣齊齊掛在

the robes that seal one life

彌勒舍利的內院

into a relic finally pure