SILENTLY A FLOWER BLOOMS 
​BY ZENKEI SHIBAYAMA

Silently a flower blooms
In silence it falls away;
Yet here now, at this moment, at this place,
     the whole of the flower, the whole of the world is
     blooming
This is the talk of the flower,  the truth of the blossom;
The glory of eternal life is fully shining here.




(Translated by Sumiko Kudo)