Além

Caminhamos

Seguindo passos já trilhados.
Aventuramo-nos por vias outrora percorridas
E, mesmo assim,
Somos capazes de chegar mais longe.
Longe, longe - cada vez mais longe.
Até onde? Não há limites:
O mundo é vasto demais,
E a vida, curta demais.
(Não desperdice tempo.)

Big blue eyes

Big blue eyes and a bald head:
A broken heart struggling to be mended.
There are some things we will never understand.
(There are some things that will never fade away.)

Big blue eyes, a bald head
And a broken heart overflowing love.

A broken heart full of love!

(Somehow, in Life's mysterious ways,

Some packages have to be completely torn apart
To fully reveal the gifts they hide inside.)

Crystal angels

Tiny little flocks fall from the sky:
It's the first snow of the year.
"Are you ready?"
As I reply affirmatively,
A host of angels rush after me.
Suddenly Ryokan comes to my mind
And in that very moment
I can grasp the extent
Of his immeasurable foolishness;
Of his boundless Enlightenment.
As clear as snow
And as warm as my heart.