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