One day the young monk said to the old monk, "How slowly the time goes!"

有一天，小和尚对老和尚说：“时间过得真慢呀！”

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The old monk smiled and said, "Distinguished guests have come and calamities can be turned into blessings."

老僧笑道，贵客到此，可逢凶化吉。

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The old monk said, "He is my disciple."

老和尚说：‘他是我的徒弟啊！’

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And an old monk came to me and asked in a kind voice if I was hungry.

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I still remember in my dreams at night the beautiful face of that old monk.

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Shijo Bridge, in front of you, might be the ground zero of Kyoto old and new: a monk is standing, stock-still, collecting coins, and the mountains to the north are blue in the dusk.

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