Master Woo Myung Poem – Adada
Dear Adada,
You have been born in to this world as a human being,
but you are a dumb mute.
However you are infinitely good.
Dear Adada,
Who could possibly know your heart?
Dear Adada,
my eyes well up with tears at the thought of you.
There is no way to know
why you are in your predicament,
you with your good heart.
All is well even if you cannot speak,
you with your good heart.
All is well even if you do not speak.
What could I do to soothe you of your hurts?
Nonetheless you are happy,
for you have not a single care or worry.
No matter what people say to you,
even though they swear at you,
there is no pain to be found in your silent heart.
Dear Adada,
you could not possibly know my heart.
Dear Adada,
though you are in that world,
I will make sure to save you.
Eternality is salvation.
Eternality is salvation.
Many a times you have cursed the day
you were born as a human being;
The pain in your heart must be very great.
Dear Adada,
I can see that you have
a lot of regrets and unfulfilled desires in your heart,
but your will to live purely is infinite.
In my heart, I have become you,
and can thus feel your heart;
my heart cries.
Do you wish to live forever in a pure world?
Do you wish to live forever as a decent human being?
Do you long for it?
You live without the love that exists
and even without the love that does not exist;
you live on silently,
accepting everything as being fate.
Thus you are Buddha;
you are compassion.
Your mind will live in Heaven,
and you will live in Heaven.
You and I were never strangers.
-Woo Myung-
