칠언절구(七言絶句)8 떠돌이의 봄 차 다시(茶詩)설잠선사(雪岑禪師)

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칠언절구(七言絶句)8
떠돌이의 봄 차
다시(茶詩)

행진천애일발신(行盡天涯一鉢身)
봉인분득반구춘(逢人分得半甌春)
세사부침수수거(世事浮沈隨水去)
공유다비세범진(空留茶味洗凡塵)
설잠선사(雪岑禪師)

세상 끝까지 떠도는 한 발우의 몸
사람 만나 반 잔 봄을 나누어 얻는다
세상 일 부침은 물 따라 흘러가고
차 향기만 남아 속세 먼지 씻는다.

English Verse Translation
A lone bowl body wandering to the edge of the sky,
Meeting travelers, sharing half a cup of spring tea.
The rise and fall of worldly affairs drift away like water,
Only the taste of tea remains, washing the dust of the world.
Short Commentary (English)
This tea poem expresses the spirit of a wandering Zen monk.
With nothing but a bowl, he travels across the world.
When he meets someone on the road, even half a cup of tea becomes spring shared between two people.
Worldly rise and fall pass away like flowing water.
Yet the quiet fragrance of tea remains, cleansing the dust of the human mind.
In Zen tradition,
a single cup of tea is itself a teaching of awakening.