The Poem:
You say you want to bathe when the waves subside
Is there an end to the endless mind?
You say, ‘First I will quench my thirst then I will know the truth,’
Why should the thirst be quenched?
How can you know the truth?
You say you want to bathe when the waves subside
Is there an end to the endless mind?
All these days, you have a body
How can longing cease? How can you find joy?
You say you want to bathe when the waves subside
Is there an end to the endless mind?
You say ‘First I will know what lies ahead,
Then I will forget what was before’.
Can you know what lies ahead?
How can you get what was before?
You say you want to bathe when the waves subside
Is there an end to the endless mind?
Truth/ knowledge/ what you seek god/
You won’t find it in your wildest dreams,
The goodness that comes from knowing how to reach Is there an end to the endless mind?