IROHA SONG

The second song to celebrate my grandson's birthday. I wrote this song with the hope that he would use beautiful words.

"Iroha Song
Though colors are fragrant, they will eventually scatter
(Iro wa nioedo chirinuru o)
All things are transient
(Shogyo mujo)

Who in our world can remain unchanged?
(Waga yo tare zo tsune naramu)
This is the law of birth and death
(Zesho meppo)

Let's learn beautiful words
Someday, in your heart, flowers will bloom

Having crossed the deep mountains of existence today
(Uwi no okuyama kyo koete)
The self disappears through extinction
(Shometsu metsu i)

No shallow dreams, no drunken illusions
(Asaki yume miji, ehi mo sezu)
True peace is found in stillness
(Jakumetsu iraku)

Let's learn beautiful words
Someday, in your heart, flowers will bloom
Let's speak beautiful words
Someday, in your heart, flowers will bloom