庄周梦碟（1）

Zhuang Zhou dreaming a butterfly

In the past Zhuang Zhou dreamt that he had become a butterfly,

昔者庄周梦为蝴蝶，

a butterfly that was vivid and lifelike.

栩栩然蝴蝶也。

How happy and pleasant it was!

自喻适志与！

I didn't know I was Zhuang Zhou.

不知周也。

Suddenly woke up,

俄然觉，

between the panic between knowing

则蘧蘧然周也。

that I was Zhuang Zhou. Is it Zhuang Zhou's dream to become a butterfly?

不知周之梦为蝴蝶与？

or does a butterfly dream itself to become Zhuang Zhou?

蝴蝶之梦为周与？

There must be a difference between Zhuang Zhou and a butterfly.

周与蝴蝶则必有分矣。

This can be called things, my confluence and change.

此之谓物化。