Summer long chirpings
Curious creature born of dirt
Don’t your bellies hurt?
– A haiku for a favourite insect
一只小蝉，它唱着歌，肚子里装满了夏天，歌声里装满了无常。
有位智者送了我一句话：‘禅里面说，生活就在呼吸间’
我想这是小蝉们都知道的秘密。所以它们才会唱歌。
Someone wise once gave me a Zen saying: ‘Life is in the breath’
The little cicadas must know this, for their Chinese names, 蝉, are a homonym of the word, 禅, Zen.
Some seasons are like a dream. And some dreams are only for a season.
That was what he said.