Zen Poetry

[Anonymous No.9287337]

English is not my first language, so I would like some help to understand this poem by Zen master Hakuin Ekaku:

You no sooner attain the great void
Than body and mind are lost together.
Heaven and Hell -- a straw.
The Buddha-realm, Pandemonium -- shambles.
Listen: a nightingale strains her voice, serenading the snow.
Look: a tortoise wearing a sword climbs the lampstand.
Should you desire the great tranquility,
Prepare to sweat white beads.

I want to know what the word: "shambles" mean. What are some synonyms for it?

Also, this line:

>Look: a tortoise wearing a sword climbs the lampstand.

Is he talking about a turtle? I dont quite understand this line.

Also: Zen poetry thread.

[Anonymous No.9287483]

>>9287337
do u have the original japanese? I know japanese so that might help

[Anonymous No.9287498]

>>9287483
You know japanese?
What is the meaning of the words in Op's pic?

[Anonymous No.9287514]

>>9287483

Sorry, I dont. But as far as I know Hakuin Ekaku didn't wrote many poems. I think that if you search in japanese for his poetry you might find.

[Anonymous No.9287568]

>>9287514
>Didn't write