[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [虛堂和尚語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000) › 7.57 # 虛堂和尚語錄 7.57 虛堂和尚語錄 7.57 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.57) 世事亂如麻，情人未到家，連延深院雨，滴碎後庭花。 舊話幾時別，音書未有涯，暝煙將四合，何處起胡笳。 > Worldly affairs are tangled like hemp; / The beloved has not yet arrived home. / Continuous rain in the deep courtyard / Splatters and breaks the flowers behind the hall. / When did we part from old conversations? / Letters and messages have no limit. / Dusk mist is about to close in from all four sides; / From where does the nomad flute arise? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.56) - [Next: 7.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.58) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.7.57) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.57) · Pramāṇa