諸經要集 12.11

12.11

"Better to have a red-hot iron rod / Turned and rolled within one's eyes / Than with a defiled mind / To look lustfully at a woman's form. / Smiling, striking alluring poses, / Arrogant yet feigning shame, / Turning the face and casting glances, / Sweet words, jealousy and anger, / Gait seductive and filthy, / Thereby to bewilder men. / The snare of lust spreads far and wide, / And all men drown within it. / Sitting, lying, walking, standing, / Turning to look with clever charm, / Foolish men of shallow wisdom / Are intoxicated by them. / Holding a sword against an enemy, / One may still prevail; / But the female thief harming men / Cannot be restrained. / A viper bearing venom / May still be held in hand; / But a woman's passion bewildering men / Must never be touched. / A person of wisdom / Ought not look upon them; / If one wishes to observe them, / One should regard them as a mother or sister. / Looking closely and contemplating them, / They are heaps of accumulated impurity; / If the fire of lust is not extinguished, / One will be burned to ashes by it."