I stepped into a bright world,
Hoping to find life’s meaning.
But the mirror showed me only—
An emptiness shining clear.
The life I once expected,
And the life that now appears—
Two faces of the same dream,
As near as life and death.
– Rootless Wanderer
Gifted by the one I called my life
One night, the full moon fills me,
Another, the darkest sorrow.
Both are flavors of my life,
Gifted by the one I called my life.
– Rootless Wanderer
The taste of chang is sweet
The taste of chang is sweet,
The taste of life, bitter.
For every cup I shared with you,
I drank a sorrow deeper.
– Rootless Wanderer
I bless and curse the moment,
Your voice was a gentle song,
But your touch was sharp with sorrow.
I bless and curse the moment,
When fate brought you to me.
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Rootless Wanderer
The life I once imagined,
The life I once imagined,
And the life before my eyes—
Like meeting you in daylight,
And losing you by night.
– Rootless Wanderer
Emptiness shining most clear.
I stepped into a bright world,
Hoping to find life’s meaning.
Now I see only a hollow,
Emptiness shining most clear.
– Rootless Wanderer
Better not,
First, better not to see Falling in love’s senseless. Second, better not know – Misery’s senseless too.
A meeting…
This month passes away, The next month does come. I will visit you in – The light half of the moon. -Tsangyang Gyatso, the sixth Dalai Lama
A lifetime gone
A lifetime gone,
turning and turning ;
mountains, rivers, stupas –
Not to seek rebirth,
but to meet you along the way.
– Tsangyang Gyatso, the 6th Dalai Lama