I remember the early hours of life,

When you first kissed my mind

I remember the glory of sunrise,

As you bathed me in luminosity

Nh? phút ban so c?a cu?c d?i

N? hôn d?u ?y ch?m tâm tôi

Bình minh tràn ng?p ni?m nhung nh?

T?m c? h?n tôi r?c n?ng tr?i

I heard a sweet song of awakening

As you whispered gently into my ear

Speaking tenderly the words the tortured hungers

“Welcome home, you are no longer lost”…

Bài ca tinh th?c ng?t ngào sao!

Dìu d?t bên tai m?y d?t dào!

L?i d?u ?m lòng con dói l?nh

“- V? di em, v?n nhu thu? nào"

As majestic as the chime of heaven’s sweet melody

Swaying to the rhythm of my newfound heartbeat

I am overwhelmed with joy and ecstasy

As a trickling tear slides down my smile

Du duong thiên nh?c v?ng tr?i cao

D?n d?p tim ngân nh?p tuôn trào

Sung su?ng ng?t ngây, dây h?nh phúc!

Lan tròn nu?c m?t su?ng là bao!

I have finally found you, my one and only

I have been seeking you all my life

I have been traveling down a long lost road,

For lifetimes as many as grains of sand

Ðu?ng tr?n tham th?m d?n vô biên

Su?t c? d?i em, cu?c ki?m tìm

Bao d? phong tr?n bao d? ?y!

Ðu?c ngu?i, r?t cu?c, ch? mình em

I remember long nights in which I waited up,

Longing for you restlessly before I sleep

Like an artist you paint my life again

Like a musician, you compose the days’ new tune

Nhi?u dêm tr?n tr?c su?t canh thâu

Hun hút m?t ch? ch?p du?c dâu

Th?m l?i d?i em, Ngu?i - ho? si

Cung dàn m?y di?u - nh?c su khâu

I sit here showered in your warmth,

My legs are a lotus, held up by Samadhi’s stem

From the realm of defiled pond water,

My head descends into the vastness of peace

N?ng ?m bi?t bao, v?n t?i dây

Em ng?i sen n?, d?nh nhu cây

T? trong h? d?c vuon lên mãi

Phap gi?i mênh mông, an l?c d?y

No longer waiting, no longer guarding

Dancing freely in fragrant swaying fields

Breathing in the fresh air of liberation

Swimming casually in crystal waters

Tung tang bay nh?y ch?n d?ng quê

Ch?ng ng?i di?u chi, ch?ng d?i v?

Hít th? ng?p tràn huong gi?i thoát

Có bao gi? du?c l?i nu?c pha lê

Soaked to the marrow amid cool purity

In these early hours of life I dwell

Happy for all the beings in my Nirvana

Like the footprints of a flying bird in the sky

Tr?m mình sâu th?m du?i dòng xanh

Trú gi?a th?i gian tru?c c?nh tình

Trao tr?n Ni?t Bàn cho muôn lo?i

D?u chim nào d?ng áng tr?i thanh!!

I finally see the diamond cutter...

Ki?m kim cang hi?n hi?n rành rành

Written by ©Jessica Tran

Vietnamese Translation by Phuong Mai

24 January 2005 www.buddhamind.tk