Cornwall: Lyrics

In Cornwall's hills, and in her woods and along her shores,
Amid a wildest beauty where your heart just soars,
A singing, happy sangha refines its minds
In an inner space of beauty where the sun always shines,
Far beyond the clouds of thoughts which ever come and go
Far beyond emotions' powerful ebbs and flows.
In this place supreme, Karmapa's non-dual flag
Flies high over Mara's dark black serpentine crags.

Ebb and flow, come and go,
But in voidness, a la la, la la la ho!
Ebb and flow, come and go,
But in voidness, a la la, la la la ho!

Dull waters ebb away from muddy shores,
Delusions fade like morning mists and harm no one any more.
And, with the blessings on the incoming tide,
Far, far away from sleep on mahamudra we'll all ride.
To fruit-filled islands on horizons beyond dreams,
Exquisite havens set in compassion's sparkling seas.
Filling our billowing sails is the secret wisdom breeze
In a vast, vast space of no-self's ease.

Ebb and flow, come and go,
But in voidness, a la la, la la la ho!
Ebb and flow, come and go,
But in voidness, a la la, la la la ho!

So ride the breath of tonglen many, many times each day,
In and out like oar strokes, it will carry you away
Stroke by stroke so surely to the sail-ship that is moored:
Her name is Faith, she's captained by good gurus, be assured.
Breathe out your love, take in their pain: it's the yogi's special way,
In and out like oar strokes, it will carry you away.
Stroke by stroke so surely to the sail-ship that is moored:
Her name is Faith, she's captained by good gurus, be assured.

Ebb and flow, come and go,
But in voidness, a la la, la la la ho!
Ebb and flow, come and go,
But in voidness, a la la, la la la ho! n