SHIGIN: "No Thought" written by Ryoukan

no thought  by Ryokan

translated by keiko amano

flowers, with no thought, lure butterflies

butterflies, with no thought, flutter around flowers

when flowers bloom, butterflies flutter

when butterflies flutter, flowers bloom

I neither know others

others neither know me

with no thought, we follow the law of nature

I found this link.  You can hear the shigin.  Then you can sing along with him in Japanese.  I wrote it down in roman letters below.

http://takaban.seesaa.net/archives/200911-1.html

hanawa mushin nisite chouwo maneku
chouwa mushin nisite hanawo tazunuru
hana hiraku toki chou kitari
chou kitaru toki hana hiraku
waremo mata hitowo sirazu
hitomo mata warewo shirazu
sirazusite teisokuni shitagou