Wednesday 27 April 2016


鐘供養急ぐ女炎かな

What turns a maiden,
Into a serpent,
Burning her love in the bell zen.

求君化蛇兮此情如火百万急俱焚所不惜

Explanation:

美僧に恋をした少女が逃げる僧を追いかけて大蛇となって
ついには僧を焼き殺すといすさまじい物語
鐘供養は晩春に行われる寺院行事ですが道成寺釣り鐘は
美僧がそこに隠れた少女が大蛇となって巻き付き
口から火を噴いて外から焼き殺したとい伝説釣り鐘

There was a maiden who fell in an unrequited love to a handsome monk. 
In chasing the escaping monk, she turned into a dragon and burned the monk to death at last.
The bell memorial is referring to an event held in a temple in the late spring.
The bell hang in Dojo Temple is the very bell where the handsome monk hided and got burnt by the fire from the dragon's mouth.

恋美僧的少女变成大蛇追逐逃跑的美僧最后把他烧死了钟纪念说的是寺庙在晚春举行的法事道成寺里那一口钟就是当年美僧藏匿其中被少女化身的大蛇缠住喷火烧死的那口

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