《题任处士创资福寺》是唐代诗人鱼玄机于公元861年(咸通二年)创作的一首五言律诗。鱼玄机,女,晚唐诗人,长安(今陕西西安)人。初名鱼幼微,字蕙兰。咸通(唐懿宗年号,860—874)中为补阙李亿妾,以李妻不能容,进长安咸宜观出家为女道士。与文学家温庭筠为忘年交,唱和甚多。后被京兆尹温璋以打死婢女之罪名处死。鱼玄机性聪慧,有才思,好读书,尤工诗。与李冶、薛涛、刘采春并称唐代四大女诗人。其诗作现存五十首,收于《全唐诗》。有《鱼玄机集》一卷。其事迹见《唐才子传》等书。
鱼玄机·《题任处士创资福寺》
幽人创奇境,游客驻行程。
粉壁空留字,莲宫未有名。
凿池泉自出,开径草重生。
百尺金轮阁,当川豁眼明。
A Conscientious Objector Builds the Temple of Prosperity
Yu Xuanji
A recluse creates a realm apart,
Where travelers stop on their way;
anonymous writings are left on the walls,
the shrine has not yet been named.
He dug a pond, and a spring emerged;
he cleared the path, but the grass has regrown.
The lofty golden temple opens eyes wide,
bright and clear at the river’s edge.
(Bannie Chow, Thomas Cleary 译)