淅瀝淅瀝, 淅瀝淅瀝,
雨水點滴、成串或成幔,
疏密有序,
輕重有節,
鋪張大地,
沛澤萬有,
無論有形無形,
盡都張臂仰望,
開懷暢飲.
是誰教他們渴慕甘霖？
淅瀝淅瀝, 淅瀝淅瀝,
穹蒼裂開, 萬有復現,
煙嵐雲岫, 是造物在噓氣,
大地萌動, 水窪彼此眨眼,
湍流鏗鏘, 漣漪泛漾塘面.
枝梢淌水, 樹根在濕土下吮飲
葉子點頭. 蟬兒躲在葉下窸窣.
天下生靈,
同飲一源.
淅瀝淅瀝, 淅瀝淅瀝
是秒針的行腳, 尋者的徘徊,
是上天下地,游弋其中的流轉,
是心跳,
是脈動,
是輕淌的淚滴,
是顫抖的唇音,
為得以洗淨而喜,
為能夠感動而歌.
淅瀝淅瀝, 淅瀝淅瀝
萬象為水,
水為萬象,
水串如線, 將破碎縫合,
萬象復現. 得見無限。
雨聲如弦, 天上地下都高唱,
妙樂湧流, 靈魂深處盡豐沛，
黯昧無明,
與大地同歷浸禮,
淅瀝淅瀝, 淅瀝淅瀝,
願天地雲水間,
淅瀝不止 。
Drip-drop (淅瀝 English translation)
Drip-drop, drip-drop,
Drip-drop, drip-drop,
Rain falls in drops, in strings and sheets,
Sparse then full,
Light then heavy,
Spreading over the earth,
Pouring blessing on all things.
Seen or unseen,
All reach out their arms, lift up their faces,
Open-hearted, drinking deep.
Who taught them to thirst for such sweet rain?
Drip-drop, drip-drop,
Drip-drop, drip-drop,
The high vault splits; all things appear again.
Mist on the ridges—creation breathing.
Earth stirs; puddles blink to one another.
Rapids ring on rock; ripples run across the pond.
Water beads and slides from twig and tip,
Roots drink deep in the wet dark soil.
Leaves nod; cicadas rustle under shade.
All living beings under heaven
Drink from a single source.
Drip-drop, drip-drop,
Drip-drop, drip-drop—
The step of seconds,
The seeker’s circling,
The drift between the sky and soil.
It is the heartbeat,
It is the pulse,
The slow-falling tear,
The trembling word on the lips,
Joy at being washed,
Song at being moved.
Drip-drop, drip-drop,
Drip-drop, drip-drop—
All things are water,
And water is all things.
Threads of water, like a line, sew what is broken;
The world returns, the infinite is seen.
Rain sounds like strings; sky and earth sing high.
Music wells and flows,
Filling the deep places of the soul.
In dimness and unknowing,
With earth we share this baptism.
Drip-drop, drip-drop,
Drip-drop, drip-drop—
May drip-drop between heaven and waters
Never cease.
