佛教故事 

Stories Told by Buddha

原文：

        从前有个书生，和一女子相遇，花前月下私订终身，约在某年某月某日两人喜结连理，共度一生。可是，到了结婚那一天，这女子却与书生悔婚，成了别人的新娘。从此，书生备受打击，恨透这一女子，长年卧病不起。

       有一天，一云游僧人，路过此处，看书生如此痴情可怜，决定为他解脱相思痛恨之苦。僧人来到书生下榻之处，问清缘由，随即从怀里摸出一面镜子，递与书生，叫书生不要言语，仔细观看镜面情景。忽然，书生看到了，在茫茫的海边，有一名遇害女子，一丝不挂地躺在海滩上。有人从她身边路过， 看一眼，摇摇头，走了。又有一人路过，将自己衣服脱下，给女子盖上，走了。这时，有第三人路过此处，他走到女子旁边，看一眼之后，挖了个坑，然后，小心翼翼的将这一女尸掩埋！书生看后一脸茫然，僧人却解释道，那具海滩上的女尸，就是你未婚妻的前世。你是第二个路过的人，曾给过他一件衣服，她今生和你相恋，只为还你一个情。但是，她最终要报答的，便是那个把她掩埋了的人，那人就是他现在的丈夫。虽然那女子和你因缘而遇，却无份相守。缘尽曲终。书生听后，晃然大悟，顿时疾病痊愈。   

译文：David

Once upon a time, there was a scholar who met a girl, engaged to her in private and decided to spend the rest of his life with her. On the wedding day, however, the woman married to another scholar and became the bride of someone else. Terribly hurt, the scholar,  from then on, developed a strong hatred to this woman and finally became very ill,  lying in bed for many years.

One day, a traveling buddhist monk happened to pass by his house. Seeing the scholar was so miserably induldged in the lost love, he resolved to relieve him of the bitterness and pain. The monk came to his bed and asked him how it happened. Then the monk drew a mirror from his bosom and handed it to the scholar. He asked him not to speak a word, just to watch the mirror carefully.

Suddenly, the scholar saw, by the boundless sea, a naked woman lying dead on the beach. Someone passed by her, took a look, shook his head, and went away. Then another man went by, but he took off his coat,  put it on the dead body and went away too. At this moment, a third person came to the same spot; he walked to the woman, took a look, and began digging a hole. finally, he carefully burried this female corpse!

The scholar got quite bewildered at the sight. Then the monk explained to him "The female corpse on the beach is your fiancee's previous life. You are the second person to pass by and gave her a coat. She was just returning you the favor at her this life. But what she would eventually repay is the man who had buried her, the man who is now her present husband. Though you were destined to meet but you were not destined to marry. Your love story  must come to an end." Hearing this, the truth finally dawned on him and, all at once he recovered from his illness.

翻译者简介

故事提供：黄大卫

英文翻译校对：大卫

背景配乐：《今生缘》

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