垂垂白髮下青山 / chuí chuí bái fā xià qīng shān /
Leaving the Mountain with Hairs Turned Grey
Category:
One Stroke Calligraphy_Poetry 一筆字：古德悟道詩
Description:
垂垂白髮下青山
唐 弘忍大師（601～675）
垂垂白髮下青山，七載歸來換舊顏；
人却少年松已老，是非從此落人間。
──《頌古聯珠通集》卷七
Leaving the Mountain with Hairs Turned Grey
Hongren (601 - 675, Tang Dynasty)
English translation: Cindy Choi
Leaving the mountain with hairs turned grey,
Returning after seven years with a changed old face;
Though youthful in age, the pine tree is already old,
Henceforth, right and wrong will linger in this world.
── from Songgu Lianzhu Tongji (Comprehensive Collection of the Chan School's Verses on Ancient Precedents that are a String of Jewels)
References:
星雲大師全集【書法類】古德悟道詩 The Complete Works of Venerable Master Hsing Yun: Calligraphy-Poetry
