Thursday, October 17, 2024

A YELLOW FALL

Autumn suddenly comes
Fragile sunlight
And yellow one morning, sent into the heart of flowers.
The deep green ground
The high sky and gray clouds gradually disappear at the end of the path.
A person sits here; her shirt flutters in the wind.
The vast space, the breath,
Time is endless, like the light.

Here,
How many autumns have passed since then?
I have come here in countless forms
With wild flowers fluttering,
Emitting sweet fragrances.
Oh! the chrysanthemums swaying;
Releasing their sweet scent.
Bees and butterflies flock around
to enjoy the beauty.
Yellow and green on grasshopper wings
Do you remember?
I am present with you?
With wandering steps
on the path of life and death.
Oh, for a thousand years,
There is the sound of laughter and tears
It sounds like eternal insects.
For a long time, in this autumn garden
How many times have I been present?
In boundless joy
In the immense sadness
The distant sound of waves
Quietly a figure undulating in the silver wind;
… Oh, autumn has come really,
A roundabout meeting
I am still here,
With the wild autumn light, in the old quiet garden,
With golden sunlight swirling around,
A moment of vastness,
Very quiet...

TNTQ


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Thich Nu Tinh Quang (Phuong Thi Van) is a Vietnamese-American nun. Born in 1969 in Hue-Vietnam, she currently lives in Garden Grove, California. She became a Buddhist nun in 1978 and was ordained as a Bhikkhuni in 1989. She is currently the abbot of Dieu Khong Temple in Garden Grove. A poet and writer, she is also a translator.