126th Chorus

Like running a stick thru water
The use and effect
Of tellin people that
                their house
                is burning,
And that the Buddha, an old
            And wise father
Will save them by holy
            subterfuge,

Crying: “Out, out, little ones,
The fire will burn you!
I promise to give you fine
                carts
Three in number, different,
Charming, the goat cart,
The deer cart, and
The cart of the bullock

Gayly bedecked – With oranges,
Flowers, holy maidens & trees,”
So the children rush out, saved,
     And he gives them
     The incomparable single Greatcart
     Of the White Bullock, all snow.


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