1.  The Search for the Bull

In the pasture of this world,
I endlessly push aside the tall grasses
in search of the bull.

Following unnamed rivers,
lost upon the interpenetrating paths
of distant mountains,

My strength failing and my vitality exhausted,
I cannot find the bull.

I only hear the locusts chirring
through the forest at night.


Commentary:

The bull never has been lost.  What need is there to search? Only because of separation from my true nature, I fail to find him.

In the confusion of the senses I lose even his tracks.
Far from home, I see many crossroads, but which way is the right one I know not.

Greed and fear, good and bad, entangle me.

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