虛堂和尚語錄 10.138

10.138

冤有頭，債有主，天然欲訪龐翁，恰好撞著此女，揣盡家私，瓜甜蔕苦，因茲上下不和同，牛嬭郎忙塗赤土。

Every enmity has its head, every debt has its debtor; / Tianran wished to call upon Old Pang, but happened to bump into this maiden. / Divining all the family's assets: the melon is sweet, but its stem is bitter. / Because of this, high and low are not in harmony; / The milk-boy hurriedly smears red earth.