Otherwise, I want to exist As a man with two ears cut off. Otherwise, I want to exist As a man with two ears cut off.

Please trust me. I will never hurt your dignity. Please trust me. I will never hurt your dignity.

As if the whole world before me wanted to swallow all unspoken sorrows of mine. As if the whole world before me wanted to swallow all unspoken sorrows of mine.

The rays of the setting sun are now upon the algae deposited in my yard, The rays of the setting sun are now upon the algae deposited in my yard,

A blue-throated bird Often perches my window, A blue-throated bird Often perches my window,

A sublime companion may erase the koan. A sublime companion may erase the koan.