Sayings
Nirtan: Dance
Tanas: The soul speaking with nature.
Glorious sun, are you setting? -- Yes, to rise again.
Sublime nature, my ears did not hear your music. -- Your heart has heard it, your soul has danced to it.
Trees to the clouds: With raised hands we pay you our homage.
Clouds: In tears we grant your request.
Nature, where do you borrow your sublimity? -- From your loving spirit.
Rain, why do you not come in the desert? -- I keep away from where I am not welcome.
When once passing through the mountains, I saw rocks, some resting on their knees, some bending, some standing. I asked, "O hard-hearted monsters, what secret is there in your charm?" They answered in a silent voice, "That we do not assert ourselves."
Rocky mountains, what are you? -- We are the tombs of the world's past.
Crystal, what are you?
I am the shadow of Christ's heart.
What quality do you possess?
I am empty of self, so that by gazing, one sees in me His heart reflected.
Desert to the rain-clouds: You are passing over us, why not be our guest?
Rain-clouds: We have no longer trust in the hard-hearted.
Glorious nature, wonderful picture, where shall I keep you? -- In the frame of your heart.
Wilderness, why does your cry touch me so deeply? -- Because it rises from the bottom of my heart.
Wilderness, what is in you that is so overwhelming? -- The expansion of my heart.
Good-bye, nature's vision, shall I ever see you again? -- Yes, whenever you open the album of your heart.
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