Where to Go (何処へ行く)

The soul, becoming
a wild goose, takes flight
It has returned to the north
the cold country

Namu Amida Butsu
Namu Amida Butsu [1]

I too am human
The mind crawls with fear
In dark night     winter night
the body shudders.

[1] Namu Amida Butsu – “Hail to Amithābha Buddha” an invocation recited by Japanese Pure Land Buddhists to obtain rebirth in Sukhāvatī, the Pure Land of the West.