Chapter 7 No.7

(Measure, Imayō)

Sama mo kokoro mo

Kawaru kana!

Otsuru namida wa

Taki no mizu:

Myō-hō-rengé no

Iké to nari;

Guzé no funé ni

Sao sashité;

Shizumu waga mi wo

Nosé-tama?!

Both form and mind-

Lo! how these change!

The falling of tears

Is like the water of a cataract.

Let them become the Pool

Of the Lotos of the Good Law!

Poling thereupon

The Boat of Salvation,

Vouchsafe that my sinking

Body may ride!