Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun

Little by little the night turns around.

Counting the leaves which tremble at dawn

Lotuses lean on each other in yearning

Under the eaves the swallow is resting

Set the controls for the heart of the sun.

Over the mountain watching the watcher.

Breaking the darkness, waking the grapevine.

One inch of love is one inch of shadow

Love is the shadow that ripens the wine.

Set the controls for the heart of the sun.

The heart of the sun.

Witness the man who raves at the wall

Making the shape of his questions to Heaven

Whether the sun will fall in the evening

Will he remember the lesson of giving?