唐詩《送友人》- Poetry of the Tang Dynasty 〈 Farewell to a Friend 》

 

盈珍攝影 - Ying Chen photography 

青山橫北郭，白水繞東城。

此地一為別，孤蓬萬里征。

浮雲遊子意，落日故人情。

揮手自茲去，蕭蕭班馬鳴。

~  《送友人》唐代詩人李白 

（西元701 -762年 ）～

如此傷感的詩詞

令我感慨：

人生聚散有時。

生命中的悲歡離合，

愛別離苦的無常，無奈，

是我們需瞭悟的人生八苦

（ 生、老、病、死、愛別離、

怨憎、求不得、五陰熾盛 - 

色、受、想、行、識五蘊，

其中一種或幾種

過於強盛，會像烈火燃燒般

炙烤身心，失去本有的清淨。）

人生所有的苦皆因執著而來，

如果能夠看透萬物因緣

放下執著，才能遠離痛苦。

心靈才有可能清淨自在。

Green hills beyond the northern city walls.

Surround the east side with waterfalls. 

Leave here to travel alone. 

Sad farewell to my friend - a wanderer is like 

floating cloud,

reluctantly part like setting sun.

Waiving hands while you are on your way,

the horses scream constantly,

seems reluctant to leave.

 ~ 《 Farewell to a Friend 》Li Bai 

（ 701 -762 AD ）Poetry of the Tang Dynasty ~

Such sad poetry

make me quite emotional :

There are times when life is gathered and scattered.

Ups and downs in life,

the bitterness of parting 

sometime us impermanence, helpless. 

We need to realize 

there are eight sufferings in life ( birth, old age, sickness, death, separation of love, resentment, unwillingness, and the five aggregates of form, 

feeling, thinking, behavior and consciousness are 

too strong will roast your body and mind like a fire, losing your original purity. ) 

All the suffering in life comes from attachments. 

If we  can see through the causes of all things 

and let go of attachments, 

then we can get away from suffering

and keep our mind clean and free.