华阳山里千株桧,玉晨观前一左纽。
虬枝龙干向朝曦,势与扶桑鬬长久。
亳州涡水太清宫,老子手植才数九。
一桧正与此树同,蒂固根深应不朽。
信知福地有灵木,栽种曾经上真手。
君不见龙从火里出,虎向水中生,生理尚左不尚右。
又不见天轮左旋不休止,日月五星如磨蚁。
左纽桧,蕴至理,上士体之能不死。
华阳山里千株桧,玉晨观前一左纽。
虬枝龙干向朝曦,势与扶桑鬬长久。
亳州涡水太清宫,老子手植才数九。
一桧正与此树同,蒂固根深应不朽。
信知福地有灵木,栽种曾经上真手。
君不见龙从火里出,虎向水中生,生理尚左不尚右。
又不见天轮左旋不休止,日月五星如磨蚁。
左纽桧,蕴至理,上士体之能不死。
华阳山里生长着千株桧树,
玉晨观前有一株向左扭曲的桧。
它虬曲的枝干如龙朝向晨曦,
气势与扶桑树较量着长久。
亳州涡水边的太清宫里,
老子亲手栽种的才不过九株。
其中一株桧树正与此树相同,
根深蒂固,应当永不腐朽。
由此确知福地有灵异的树木,
栽种它们的是上界真仙之手。
你难道没见龙从火里生出,
虎向水中生,生命的道理崇尚左而不崇尚右。
你又没见天穹向左旋转永不停息,
日月和五星如同磨盘上的蚂蚁。
这左纽桧,蕴藏着至高的道理,
上等之士体悟它便能长生不死。
In Huayang Mountain, a thousand junipers stand tall,
Before the Jade Dawn Temple, one left-twisted tree.
Its dragon limbs and coiled trunk face the morning light,
Vying with the Fusang Tree in longevity's spree.
At the Taiqing Palace by Bozhou's Wo River side,
Planted by Laozi's hand, a mere nine trees were sown.
One juniper there shares with this tree the same kind,
With deep roots and firm base, decay it has outgrown.
Thus we know blessed lands hold trees of magic might,
Planted by the hands of perfected ones on high.
Have you not seen the dragon born out of the fire,
And the tiger from the water, life's principle leftward does lie?
Have you not seen the heavens' wheel spin left without cease,
Sun, moon, and five stars like ants on a mill go by?
The left-twisted juniper holds the ultimate truth,
The superior man, grasping it, escapes death's booth.
左纽奇桧成为道观认同的独特地理标志。
咏赞华阳山玉晨观前左纽桧的古树奇姿与道观清幽。
本诗为七言古诗,押平声韵。
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