Lay Back In The Arms of Love
by Gina Sala
Lay back in the arms of Love
Lay back in the arms of Love
Rest back in the arms
You are safe from harm
Rest back in the arms of Love
Aee no naka ni yasu
Aee no naka nee yasu
Aee no naka wa
Anzen dayoh
Aee no naka ni yasu
愛 の 中に やす
Aee no naka ni yasu
Love inside of rest
愛 の 中に やす
Aee no naka ni yasu
Love inside of rest
愛 の中わ
Aee no naka wa
Love inside of
あんぜん だよう
Anzen dayoh
safe is
Ai = Love
no = particle/ownership of Love
naka = inside
yasu = slang for yasumi (rest)
gai = harm
anzen = safety
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Buddha in Glory
Ranier Maria Rilke
Center of all centers, core of cores,
almond self-enclosed, and growing sweet--
all this universe, to the furthest stars
all beyond them, is your flesh, your fruit.
Now you feel how nothing clings to you;
your vast shell reaches into endless space,
and there the rich, thick fluids rise and flow.
Illuminated in your infinite peace,
a billion stars go spinning through the night,
blazing high above your head.
But in you is the presence that
will be, when all the stars are dead.
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No Part Left Out
words Izumi Shikibu 10th century Japan
music & dance - K Hannan
Watching the moon at midnight
Alone in the middle of the sky
I saw myself completely
I saw myself completely
I knew myself completely
Whole, no part left out
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Long Time Sun
May the long time Sun shine upon you
All love surround you
And the pure light within you
Guide your way on
Sat Nam
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When I'm 64
When I get older losing my hair
Many years from now
Will you still be sending me a Valentine
Birthday greetings bottle of wine
If I'd been out till quarter to three
Would you lock the door?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four
You'll be older too
And if you say the word
I could stay with you
I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride
Doing the garden, digging the weeds
Who could ask for more?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four
Every summer we can rent a cottage
In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear
We shall scrimp and save
Grandchildren on your knee
Vera, Chuck and Dave
Send me a postcard, drop me a line
Stating point of view
Indicate precisely what you mean to say
Yours sincerely, wasting away
Give me your answer, fill in a form
Mine for evermore
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four
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God Danced
God danced the day you were born
The angels did the bump to Gabriel's horn
Bod danced the day you were born
So grateful for the gift of you
I saw God do the funky chicken
Steppin' and kickin' in blue suede shoes
I saw God do the boogaloo too
So grateful for the gift of you
Now some folks say that long ago
God couldn't dance to save Her soul
But St Peter taught her how to jelly roll
So grateful for the gift of you!
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Rain Prayer
With every step I took
I knew I knew you
In every drop of rain
I knew I knew you
They say it's you who always stays
It's me who falls away
Oh show me how, I'll come back now
This is all I pray
sopranos:
Took a walk, in the rain
And for a while
I knew you
In every drop, I heard your voice
Just for a while
I knew you
They say it's you who always.... stays
It's me who falls.....away
Oh show me how I'll come back now
This is all This is all This is all I pray
Out Beyond That Road
words - Rumi & K Hannan
music - K Hannan
No colors in the world just black and white
You were wrong and I was right
But I won’t go down that road no more
I won’t go down that road no more
‘Cause we knew in our hearts when the towers fell
We can make a heaven, we can make a hell
And I won’t go down that road no more
I won’t go down that road no more
I know that
Out beyond that road there is a field
Out beyond that road there is a beautiful field
When the soul lies down in that grass
The world is so full
The world is so full
The world is too full to talk about
Even words like you and me don’t mean nothin’
when we get down in that field
In that field of the heart
Out beyond that road there is a field
Out beyond that road
there is a field
Out beyond that road.....
Where the Heart does not need to ask
The Heart does not need to ask..... repeat as a chant
Love, I'll meet you in that field,
In that field of..... Repeat as a chant
Where the smallest flower on the smallest grass
Shines with the answers to the question
Heart does not need to ask
Where the smallest flower on the smallest grass
Shines with the answer to the questions
Heart does not need to ask
Then repeat the two chants till end
In that field of Love!
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I am
© Kirtana (student of Gangaji)
Before the body before the story before the name
Beyond the mind’s attempt to find or explain
Before the breath beyond the sense of pleasure or of pain
And after death and after death
I am
Within the heart the whole and part of everything I see
Behind the eyes beyond disguise reflecting me
At the silent core and yet before phenomena began
Oh and after it and after it
I am
Oh.......
Many differences separate us on the surface, yes
But I cannot find a boundary in consciousness
And when you ask me where does awareness
begin and does it end
I have to say I have to say
I’ve always been
Within the body without the body not subject to
Changing moods or states of health or points of view
Without needs before the deeds and the monuments of man
Oh and after them and after them
I am
Oh...........
Many differences separate us on the surface yes
But I cannot find a boundary in consciousness
And when you ask me
Where does awareness begin and does it end
I have to say I have to say I’ve always been
At the silent core and yet before phenomena began
And after it and after it
I am
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Die while you're alive,
and be absolutely dead
Then, do whatever you want:
It's all good
Bunan 1603-1676
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I Don’t Know
© K Hannan 2012
Standing in the sunlight, all my plans are wrecked
I’m just standing here, I don’t know what comes next
I don’t know
My mind tries to know but I still don’t know
I don’t know
My mind tries to know what I cannot know
All the birds are singing by the sunny creek
It’s December 2nd , could be warm next week!
I don’t know
My mind tries to know but I still don’t know
I don’t know
My mind tries to know what I cannot know
And deep deep under
Love keeps flowing like a river
Like a river
A river
Endless Love River
Endless Love
Endless Love River
Endless Love
I don’t know
My mind tries to know but I still don’t know
I don’t know
My mind tries to know what I cannot know
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