Living day by day
In routine I stay
Drawing water
Cooking meals
Pills, stout, delay
In the sunshine I immerse myself
Life's deep and deep
Feeling warmth on my shelf
Flavors of tea rotating through
Chrysanthemum, jasmine
Rose and lemon too
Simple joys leading me astray
Towards a brighter path away from dismay
So I press down the snow within
Too wide,
too close to spring's chagrin In the
clean courtyard I read your verse
Like fading sparrows, our lives immerse
Time passes by serene and bright
I cannot dwell on sorrows, it's not right
If I were to send you a book it'd be
About plants,
about crops and fields Where life implants
I'll tell you the difference between rice and
weeds How a weed in spring fills the heart
with need
So I press down the snow within Too wide,
too close to spring's chagrin
In the clean courtyard I read your verse
Like fading sparrows,
our lives immerse
So I press down the snow within Too wide,
too close to spring's chagrin
In the clean courtyard I read your verse Like fading sparrows,
our lives immerse
I'll tell you how a weed
quivers with fear In springtime when blossoms draw near
So I press down the snow within Too wide,
too close to spring's chagrin
In the clean courtyard I read your verse Like fading sparrows,
our lives immerse