ONLY BE CALM

Though I, going over mountains and crossing rivers,
hurry to my hometown,
I am still lost, seeing nothing but shimmering air.
Neither able to return nor able to go ahead,
what shall I do?

Keeping coming and going the same way repeatedly,
you should not stop going.
You will find your way back home in a flash
unless you stop going.

Then
neither be attached to being peaceful
nor be involved in a quarrel of right and wrong,
but only be calm.

Written by Master Subul Sunim
of Anguk Zen Center
Translated by Boo Ahm
(Song Soo-kyong)