虛堂和尚語錄 10.31

10.31

翠螺簇簇繞湖濱，寒影清磨古鑑塵，休問岡頭望夫石，人間恐有斷腸人。

Clusters of emerald coils surround the lakeside;
Cold shadows cleanly polish the dust on the ancient mirror.
Do not ask about the Gazer-for-Husband Stone on the hill—
In the human world, I fear there are heartbroken people.