The traveller asks:
My Lord, show me a path where I can walk.
The Lord replies:
My friend, I will show you a path,
which can be described in three ways.
The aim is the same, if you stick to it.
At first the path is stony, later quite smooth.
At first the path is dark, but then gets lighter.
For a while the path is bitter, in the end it is mild.
The traveller replies:
Just show me the path, and I will follow it.
I see it is dangerous to delay and take the wrong path.
But the reward is high if I follow the path.
Fulfil my wish and show me the true path.
My Lord, show me a path where I can walk.
The Lord replies:
My friend, I will show you a path,
which can be described in three ways.
The aim is the same, if you stick to it.
At first the path is stony, later quite smooth.
At first the path is dark, but then gets lighter.
For a while the path is bitter, in the end it is mild.
The traveller replies:
Just show me the path, and I will follow it.
I see it is dangerous to delay and take the wrong path.
But the reward is high if I follow the path.
Fulfil my wish and show me the true path.
