The Songs, Compositions, Poetry and Performances of Supreme Master Ching Hai (vegan), Part 14 of a Multi-part Series

We all wish everyone to love one another, erasing all hatred. Let’s live together genuinely, like in the lyrics: “Today we live with one another in candor.”

“Twenty years of hardship have passed Today the sun shines brilliantly in people’s hearts, in my heart and in yours In the heart of rice paddies calling for the sun

Twenty years of hardship have passed Today sees radiant smiles On everyone’s lips, on my lips On your lips and on those of elderly mothers Our paths are expansive, familiar faces on the streets Rejoicing strides, hands clasped in cheer and gladness From all mountains and forests, from all villages and hamlets let us sing for the renewed-land’s Blessedness so Heaven can share our happiness

All the years of enmity have been forgotten Today sees the sun renewed I love Heaven, I love myself, I love you I love the light of the newly arriving peace All the years of enmity have been forgotten Today sees tears streaming softly in father’s heart and in your heart in the heart of a gentle child

On the roads in Âu Lạc (Vietnam), how many acquaintances have traversed? Today Aulacese (Vietnamese) people live together in candor From all corners, sounds of thundering footsteps Flags stand tall in the wind, flying high at all the doors.

After years of waiting for this moment Today we can hear the sound of peace On everyone’s lips, on my lips On your lips and those of people in need After years of long anticipation Now vitality has rushed through our veins Nourishing the hearts of our mother and father Nurturing our hearts and nation to great fortune. After years in gloomy cells

Today the amazing sun so warmly shines On our fragrant golden skin On your skin, on the skin of all Aulacese (Vietnamese) who have been waiting Many years of confinement

Shall be forgotten Today let us lift the cup in celebration for the joy of our mother and father for the joy of the children, wives and husbands The roads in ÂuLạc (Vietnam) today resonate with steps of freedom Today Aulacese (Vietnamese) people live together in candor From all corners, sounds of thundering footsteps Flags stand tall in the wind, flying high at all the doors.”

Love is the moon and stars. It is the sweet nectar, the refreshing springtime, a dreamy smile. Love uplifts our lives, elevates our consciousness, and transforms this whole world into a miraculous paradise.

“Each morning, I welcome the emerging dawn Each evening, bidding farewell to the sun departing The whole day, flowers’ fragrance permeates the garden All night long sparkling stars, in the firmament!

O joy when life’s resplendent And friendly people are far and near I see the pulse of life afresh on tree leaves And kind welcoming wishes adorn smiling lips.

Then you arrive, bringing springtime in your eyes Wings of summer linger on your hair so fine Graceful steps softly return with autumn Velvet hands warm the winter sun.

You are here to gladden life Enchanting smile brightens the moon evermore Under delicate feet, a soothing jeweled stream And the gloomy earth bursts into life with miracles!

O beloved, you’re like an ebullient morn Like eventide glorious in the twilight An autumn breeze that soothes simple dreams with a lullaby A jubilant melody on the day of wedded-union.

You exist for serenity eternal With your joyous greeting, rivers and mountains join in a delightful chorus! Loving gaze, as emerald waters, luminous! Rosy lips a balmic glowing hue for this weary life.

O the beloved of summer rain and vernal sunrise Of magenta, golden light, and azure sky You’ve come to enchant this world of dreams Empowering the entire land’s magnificence in the sound of benevolence.

My heart kneels before your elegant footsteps Treading blithely into the realm of everlasting amour.

You’ve breathed warm Spring into the season of frigid glaze For the air to be perfumed, mountains lush, and rivers expansive My heart rejoices, and all of humanity is rejuvenated To welcome and embrace the ideal beloved.”

“I need to be a soldier of peace, To offer a hand of friendship. Because if you wait for me, And I, for you We'll wait eternally for each other...

Then our hair will lose its lustre, Love will become adversed, Friends become enemies, High mountains turn to bottomless seas, And human language will grow powerless.

Why must we cry When we may laugh? Why must we forsake bliss In search of suffering?

Let’s take each other’s hand, Soaring above the realm of turbulence Gazing down on life, Our laughter throughout Earth and Heavens resonating. My very Darling!

We’d hold each other close, Speaking words of sacred-endearing, Whispering words of love. Let’s remake Eden Of the old time: The days we first entered each other’s lives. Yes, dearest beloved of mine!”

True love is the infinite love of the Compassionate One, which is expressed through all forms of affection in humans. That love is all-pervasive and inherent within all beings, a love that is perfectly designed for each humble individual in this earthly realm.

“I will forever love you Through all the worlds, Through all the lovers, Through all the beauties, That you so adore.

You will forever search for The Love in yonder, The Love in yourself, The Love in My Lore, That you so adore.

The True Love you'll find Only by My side. When your journey ends, I'll send you My Sign, I'll send you My Love, I'll send you My Light.

I will forever love you Through all the mothers Through all the lovers Through all the beauties, That you so adore.”