SATB chorus, soprano solo, 4 flutes-doubling piccolo, alto, and bass flutes; B-flat clarinet doubling bass clarinet, C-trumpet, piano/synthesizer, celesta, harp, percussion, strings

Saku hana no
Tsuyu no mizukesa
Naku torino
Koe sayakesa
Un He ni
Suikan o tatau
Taga tokishi
Muji no makotoba

Yama kiyoku
Somenasu kodachi
Tani fukaku
Tamachiru nagare
Kaze soyoji
Tsuki sumiwataru
Hitori yomu
Muji no makotoba
Muji no kyo

-text found at the Golden Pavilion, Kyoto

Utau mo mau mo nori no noe
Shichienmyo no tsuki saen
Kono toki nani o ka motomu beki

-lines from  Zazen Wazen, “Chant in Priase of Meditation” by Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769)

Translation

Open flower
Fresh morning dew
Singing bird
Clear voice
Drifting clouds
Admiring the blue waters
who has written
Scripture without words.

Mountains rising sharply
Colorful woods
Valleys deep
Streams spray
Wind breathing
Moonlight clear
Alone read
Scripture without words
Without words scripture

-text found at the Golden Pavilion, Kyoto

Our dancing and song are the voice of Dharma
How bright and transparent the moonlight of wisdom!
What is there outside us that we seek?

-lines from  Zazen Wazen, “Chant in Priase of Meditation” by Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769)