Please Call Me by My True Names

My joy’s like spring so warm, it makes flowers bloom all over the Earth.

My pain’s like a river of tears, so vast it fills the four oceans.

Please call me by my true names, so I can hear all my cries and laughter at once,

So I can hear that my joy and pain are one.

Please call me by my true names, so that I can wake up

And the door of my heart could be left open.

(The door of compassion).

Words: Thich Nhat Hanh / Music: Joseph Emet