信仰

文/Ken

山路上

星空下疾走

都说 黎明时刻

山顶离上帝最近

可鱼肚白泛起

峰顶也没看到

山腰的小陋屋前

站着一位清瘦的老人

-- 这山间如同人间

上顶只有一条路

不好找

其它都是歧路

... 

不过无需烦恼

山 都是上帝造的

每座山都离上帝一样近

太阳 也是上帝造的

每处的黎明都一样美

只要心里有

就对了... 

山顶上

朝圣的人在闭目打坐

唱着赞美诗  陶醉

天空确实很美

忽然想起

遥远的家乡

儿时也曾在屋顶上躺着

听着故事

数着星星

那时的天空也一样美

也许

像老人说的

人 不需在山峰之巓

也不用吟诵赞美

更不必去堂煌的大殿上

神 其实

在你的心里... 

注：1986年初登Mt Sinai, 偶遇一年长僧人。

Faith

By Ken Fan 

On a mountain path, 

Young climbers

Are moving fast under the stars. 

At dawn, they've heard, 

The peak is the closest place to God. 

And yet they got lost,

And never seen the peak, while

The sun is already on the rise. 

Only at the halfway, 

They meet an old monk. 

-- the mountain space is like worldly place, 

There's only one way to the top, 

All the other roads would lead you astray. 

... 

But there's no worry, 

Every mountain is made by God, 

And hence has the same distance to the God. 

The sun is also made by God, 

So everywhere you could witness the same magnificent sunrise. 

It would suffice, 

So long as you have God in your heart.

On the peak, 

Pilgrims are meditating

And humming the psalms.

The sky is beautiful indeed. 

At the moment 

I think of my hometown 

We sometimes climbed up to the house roof, 

And lay down listening to stories

And counting stars. 

The sky then was magnificent, too. 

Just maybe, 

As the old man said, 

There's no need to be at the mountain top, 

Nor singing sacred melodies, 

Nor going to gorgeous worshiping altars. 

The God, 

Is always in your heart...