Nighttime star, please teach me
Nighttime
star, please teach me
unswervingly,
completely
just
to tread the path I see
heaven’s
Lord’s apportioned me!
Nighttime
star, please teach me!
Meadow
flowers, please teach me
that
summer soon will reach me,
though
the world is deep in woe
’neath
winter snow to start to grow!
Meadow
flowers, please teach me!
Barren
heath, please teach me
you
brown lark’s nest, if needs be,
though
no harvest’s richly blessed,
to
let the song dwell in my breast!
Barren
heath, please teach me!
Countless
waves, please teach me
to
bear my yoke discreetly,
at
setting sun, like you, not cease
to
mirror some of heaven’s peace!
Countless
waves, please teach me!
Rich-green
groves, please teach me
to
offer shade to each, be
it
friend or foe that passes by
along
my path in sun-filled sky!
Rich-green
groves, please teach me!
Sun
in cool of evening,
teach
me the art of leaving,
to
night’s depths never to be drawn
unless
at dawn I rise reborn!
Teach
me, sun, such leaving!
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