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And why do waterfalls pass over pebbles?
And why do waterfalls pass over pebbles?


Why fragrant lilies and loti bloom
The lotus flower, full of fragrance–
From turbid, dirty pools?
Why does it bloom in a dirty pool?
 
This joyous planet, full of living beings–
Why the happy earth, home of all life,
Why does it fly in a lonesome orbit?
In silent space
Constellations, blazing starlights—
Rotates alone?
Why are they viewed only on new moon nights?
 
Why the starlit sky
Which scintillates
With the light of a billion lamps
Must extinguish into oblivion
When the full moon sings her tune?


Why children, fresh as floral blooms,
Why children, fresh as floral blooms,