廣弘明集 27.140

27.140

冥津殊復曉。高聽亦能卑。陰牆雖兩密幽。夜有四知。炎山翻烈火。氷㵎匝寒澌。羅城振雲幕。鋒樹欝霜枝。茹荼非云苦。集木豈稱危求仁曾已得。長歎欲何為。

The dark ford is exceedingly far from dawn, / Yet lofty hearings can reach to the low. / Though the shaded walls are closely sealed on both sides, / In the dark night there are the 'four knowings'. / Blazing mountains overturn fierce fires; / Icy ravines are encompassed by cold floes. / The encircling walls shake the cloud-canopies; / Pointed sword-trees are dense with frosty branches. / Eating bitter sow-thistle is not called suffering; / Roosting on a precarious tree, how can it be called danger? / Seeking humaneness was once achieved— / What purpose is there in prolonged sighing?