46The White Lotus因蓮花有頌
奇異根苗帶雪鮮，不知何代別西天。淤泥深淺人不識，出水方知是白蓮。
A strange root, a strange shoot, still bright with snow.
No one knows what age it crossed over from the West.
How deep the mud it rose from, no one can say.
Only when it clears the water do you know: white lotus.