PLEASE WAKE UP! by Supreme Master Ching Hai

0, world, wake up and beholdRivers and mountains are in tumult,Burnt forest, eroded hills, desiccated streamsWhither do the poor soul go in the end?

O, great Earth, lessened be your agony For these tears to wane with the persistent night.O, seas, and lakes, cease not your melodiesAllowing hope for a morrow among humanity

O, sentient beings, have respite in the realm beyondThough you departed without any utterance.Let the throbbing of my heart abateWhile I await Earthlings timely repentance.

O, deep forests, preserve your true selvesProtect the human race in their moments of erring.Please accept my heartfelt thousand teardropsTo nurture your majestic trees, leaves, and roots.

O, heart, relent your sobbingFor my soul to rest in long nightsTears dried up and Im wordlessWeeping in sympathy for the tormented!

O, night, please kindle your source of lightShine the way for those human souls in darknessBe serene for my mind to stillAnd enter emptiness with the miraculous celestial melody.

O, day, stir not sudden unrestsFor peace to repose in our very heartsFor humankinds struggles to subsideFor the true Self to gloriously shine!

O, heart of mine, lament no longerLike an insect writhing in the chilling winter.Calmly wait for a perfect tomorrowAnd the day the world turns into Paradise.

O, I cry, I plead, I pray, I beg!O, infinite Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and angels,Deliver soul straying from the True PathWandering in the endless cycle of suffering migration.

O, brother, wake up at once!Proudly walk on great seas and rivers Look straight at the flaming sunAnd vow sacrifice to save all beings.

O, sister, wake up this instant!Arise from places of devastationTogether lets renew our planetFor all to sing joyous songs of oneness.