我已静坐很久
For ages I've been sitting here still
千年的浪涛依旧
Watching the waves of the rivers for thousands of years
在此岸的坚守
Guarding the land on the shore
是世间凡尘因果
Witnessing the transmigration in the mundane world
岷江的风 让青衣飘动
Qingyi River dances with the wind from Mingjiang River
大渡河水 正起起落落
Dadu River rises and falls
三江东去 任岁月蹉跎
The three rivers flow eastwards as time goes by
儒释道者 何人笑谈中
Echoing with the laughters and talks among Confucianists Buddhists and Taoists
我本一山一石头
Once I was a rock in the mountains
千锤百炼刻成佛
Craftsmen carved me into a buddha
海通的眼匠人手
With Monk Haitong's selfless dedication and devotional prayer
换得乘舟千帆过
Thousands of sails cross the rivers safely
我本一山一石头
Once I was a rock in the mountains
千刀万斧的雕琢
With innumerable sculpting and carving
心中菩提即般若
Bodhi and Prajna were engraved upon my heart
守望彼岸之嘉州
Enabled I am to guard and bless the land of Jiazhou on the other shore
岷江的风 让青衣飘动
Qingyi River dances with the wind from Mingjiang River
大渡河水 正起起落落
Dadu River rises and falls
三江东去 任岁月蹉跎
The three rivers flow eastwards as time goes by
儒释道者 何人笑谈中
Echoing with the laughters and talks among Confucianists Buddhists and Taoists
我本一山一草木
Once I was a blade of grass in the mountains
一念一静慢执著
Quietly peacefully and perpetually
过客悲欢与离合
I saw sorrows and joys，and partings and reunions of people
遇山遇水遇自我
Who passed by and found the true self between mountains and rivers
我本一山一净土
Once I was a pure land in the mountains
轻埋是非与沉浮
Away from the material and complex world
拿来白塔当笔墨
The white tower is my brush
挥洒青天又如何
With which I paint the blue sky freely
是圣是仙是人是佛
Am I a saint a god a human or a buddha?
且笑且怒且行且坐
I laugh I anger I travel and I rest
梦中起身走走
In my dream I rise up and walk to the shore
取江水一瓢敬酒
Scoop the water from the rivers and drink a toast
祈愿百姓千秋无忧
To Heaven and Earth for your infinite benevolence
我本一山一石头
Once I was a rock in the mountains
千刀万斧的雕琢
With innumerable sculpting and carving
心中菩提即般若
Bodhi and Prajna were engraved upon my heart
守望彼岸之嘉州
Enabled I am to guard and bless the land of Jiazhou on the other shore
静看千年浪涛过
Year after year I watch silently the waves roll away
坚守此岸凡尘坐
And guard on this shore the mumdane world