禅意歌

作曲：头条梦三

作词：头条梦三

I walked past the millstone gate

With dust on my shoes and my name on my sleeve

An old man smiled by the tea shop wall

Said Son let the river teach you to leave

He pointed at reeds by the flooded field

Bent low but they never broke

Strength is a kind of quiet thing

Then he laughed like a pebble in a cloak

So I slowed my steps

Watched the water turn

Every hard-edged thought

Found a softer turn

River of bamboo carry me home

River of bamboo I walk alone

Oh river of bamboo

Teach me the way to bend and stand

Teach me the peace of the open hand

River of bamboo

At noon the crows wore black like ink

On the white eaves by the courtyard sun

My mother set down a porcelain cup

Said Child see how the old work gets done

She swept the porch with a steady wrist

No rush in her breathing no need to prove

The floor was clean and the light came in

Like it had nowhere else to move

So I set down pride

By the cedar chair

If I name my pain

It gets smaller there

River of bamboo carry me home

River of bamboo I walk alone

Oh river of bamboo

Teach me the way to bend and stand

Teach me the peace of the open hand

River of bamboo

Night came slow with a silver bowl

Moon on the tiles and the frogs gone still

I heard my own heart plain as rain

And I did not fight it then I will not now

River of bamboo carry me home

River of bamboo I walk alone

Oh river of bamboo

Teach me the way to bend and stand

Teach me the peace of the open hand

River of bamboo

Teach me the way to bend and stand

Teach me the peace of the open hand

River of bamboo