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Seven Cups of Tea (七碗茶诗）

– Lu Tong (卢仝， Chinese poet, ～ 795－835)

• The first cup caresses my dry lips and throat,
• 一碗喉吻润，
• The second shatters the walls of my lonely sadness,
• 二碗破孤闷，
• The third searches the dry rivulets of my soul to find the stories of five thousand scrolls.
• 三碗搜枯肠，惟有文字五千卷，
• With the fourth the pain of past injustice vanishes through my pores.
• 四碗发轻汗，平生不平事尽向毛孔散，
• The fifth purifies my flesh and bone.
• 五碗肌骨清，
• With the sixth I am in touch with the immortals.
• 六碗通仙灵，
• The seventh gives such pleasure I can hardly bear.
• 七碗吃不得也，
• The fresh wind blows through my wings
• 唯觉两腋习习清风生。
• As I make my way to Penglai.*
• 蓬莱山﹐在何处，玉川子乘此清风欲归去。

A Cup of Tea

-J. Jonker (Amsterdam, c.1670)

• When the world is all at odds
• And the mind is all at sea
• Then cease the useless tedium
• And brew a cup of tea.
• There is magic in its fragrance,
• There is solace in its taste;
• And the laden moments vanish
• Somehow into space.
• And the world becomes a lovely thing!
• There’s beauty as you’ll see;
• All because you briefly stopped
• To brew a cup of tea.
• Tea helps our head and heart.
• Tea medicates most every part.
• Tea rejuvenates the very old.
• Tea warms the hands of those who’re cold.

 

 

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