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Ten Zen songs

Song Cycle by Henk Alkema

1. The search for the bull

Language: English

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In the pasture of this world
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2. Discovering the footprints

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Along the riverbank under the trees
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3. Perceiving the bull

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I hear the song of the nightingale
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4. Catching the bull

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I seize him with a terrific struggle
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5. Taming the bull

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The whip and rope are necessary
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6. Riding the bull home

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Mounting the bull, slowly I return homeward
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7. The bull transcended

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Astride the bull, I reach home
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8. Both bull and self transcended

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Whip, rope, person, and bull -- all merge in No-Thing
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9. Reaching the source

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Too many steps have been taken returning to the root and the source
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10. In the world

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Barefooted and naked of breast, I mingle with the people of the world
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