05 · Shi Xizhou
斷碑
Broken Stele
釋希晝
Chinese
片玉侵寒折，零文見斷蟲。 遠沉岡草際，半露塹冰中。 跡著人何在，年銷事已空。 唯聞壞陵栢，相弔起悲風。
English
Shard of jade, yielding to the seeping cold;
scattered characters reveal gnawed strokes.
On a distant hill, sunken at the wilderness' edge;
half exposed within a frozen hollow.
Enduring traces, where are the people?
Time erodes all, deeds now without substance.
The only sound, cypresses at the ruined mound;
and in shared lament, a compassionate wind rises.