法苑珠林 43.39

English (machine translation) 43.39

Language: English

43.39

"You merely seek to protect my feelings; / Why resort to empty, false words? / Sitting now upon the royal throne, / I no longer have any sovereignty. / Half an āmalaka fruit / Is now in my hand; / Only this is my possession, / Over which I have sovereignty. / Alas, honorable wealth and nobility / Are detestable and to be cast away! / Formerly ruling over Jambudvīpa, / Now suddenly poverty has arrived. / Like the rushing current of the Gaṅgā, / Once gone, it never returns; / Wealth and nobility are just the same: / What has departed shall never come back."

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法苑珠林 — 道世, Classical Chinese