我已靜坐很久
For ages I've been sitting here still
千年的浪濤依舊
Watching the waves of the rivers for thousands of years
在此岸的堅守
Guarding the land on the shore
是世間凡塵因果
Witnessing the transmigration in the mundane world
岷江的風 讓青衣飄動
Qingyi River dances with the wind from Mingjiang River
大渡河水 正起起落落
Dadu River rises and falls
三江東去 任歲月蹉跎
The three rivers flow eastwards as time goes by
儒釋道者 何人笑談中
Echoing with the laughters and talks among Confucianists Buddhists and Taoists
我本一山一石頭
Once I was a rock in the mountains
千錘百煉刻成佛
Craftsmen carved me into a buddha
海通的眼匠人手
With Monk Haitong's selfless dedication and devotional prayer
換得乘舟千帆過
Thousands of sails cross the rivers safely
我本一山一石頭
Once I was a rock in the mountains
千刀萬斧的雕琢
With innumerable sculpting and carving
心中菩提即般若
Bodhi and Prajna were engraved upon my heart
守望彼岸之嘉州
Enabled I am to guard and bless the land of Jiazhou on the other shore
岷江的風 讓青衣飄動
Qingyi River dances with the wind from Mingjiang River
大渡河水 正起起落落
Dadu River rises and falls
三江東去 任歲月蹉跎
The three rivers flow eastwards as time goes by
儒釋道者 何人笑談中
Echoing with the laughters and talks among Confucianists Buddhists and Taoists
我本一山一草木
Once I was a blade of grass in the mountains
一念一靜慢執著
Quietly peacefully and perpetually
過客悲歡與離合
I saw sorrows and joys，and partings and reunions of people
遇山遇水遇自我
Who passed by and found the true self between mountains and rivers
我本一山一淨土
Once I was a pure land in the mountains
輕埋是非與沉浮
Away from the material and complex world
拿來白塔當筆墨
The white tower is my brush
揮灑青天又如何
With which I paint the blue sky freely
是聖是仙是人是佛
Am I a saint a god a human or a buddha?
且笑且怒且行且坐
I laugh I anger I travel and I rest
夢中起身走走
In my dream I rise up and walk to the shore
取江水一瓢敬酒
Scoop the water from the rivers and drink a toast
祈願百姓千秋無憂
To Heaven and Earth for your infinite benevolence
我本一山一石頭
Once I was a rock in the mountains
千刀萬斧的雕琢
With innumerable sculpting and carving
心中菩提即般若
Bodhi and Prajna were engraved upon my heart
守望彼岸之嘉州
Enabled I am to guard and bless the land of Jiazhou on the other shore
靜看千年浪濤過
Year after year I watch silently the waves roll away
堅守此岸凡塵坐
And guard on this shore the mumdane world