When you hear dirty story

/wen jʊ hɪə ˈdɜːtɪ ˈstɔːrɪ/

wash your ears.

/wɒʃ jər ɪəz/

When you see ugly stuff

/wen jʊ siː ˈʌɡlɪ stʌf/

wash your eyes.

/wɒʃ jər ˈaɪz/

When you get bad thoughts

/wen jʊ ɡet bæd θɔːts/

wash your mind.

/wɒʃ jə maɪnd/

and
/ænd/

Keep your feet muddy.

/kiːp jə fiːt ˈmʌdɪ/

— Nanao Sakaki
 BEGIN
/bɪˈɡɪn/ next to your joy and have your awakened
soul
/nekst tuː jʊr dʒɔɪ ænd hæv jʊr
This is now.
əˈweɪkənd soʊl/
/ðɪs ɪz naʊ/

pour wine.
Now is.
/pɔːr waɪn/
/naʊ ɪz/

Branches in the spring wind,

Don’t postpone
/ˈbræntʃɪz ɪn ðə sprɪŋ wɪnd/
/(Dont) poʊstˈpoʊn/

easy dance of jasmine and cypress.

till then.
/ˈiːziː dæns əv ˈdʒæzmɪn ænd ˈsaɪprəs/
/tɪl ðen/

Cloth
Spend the spark of iron
/klɔːθ/
/spend ðə spɑːrk əv ˈaɪərn/

for green robes has been cut from pure

on stone.
/fər ɡriːn roʊbz hæz bɪn kʌt frʌm pjʊr/
/ɑːn stoʊn/

absence.
Sit at the head of the table.
/ˈæbsəns/
/sɪt ʌt ðə hed əv ðə ˈteɪbəl/

You’re the tailor, settled

Dip your spoon in the bowl.
/(Youre) ðə ˈteɪlər ˈsetld/
/dɪp jʊr spuːn ɪn ðə boʊl/

among his shop goods, quiedy sewing.

Seat yourself
/əˈmʌŋ hɪz ʃɑːp ɡʊdz (quiedy) ˈsɔʊɪŋ/
/siːt jʊrˈself/
 NO BETTER GIFT A perfect falcon, for no reason, /ðə kliːr biːd ʌt ðə ˈsentər ˈtʃeɪndʒɪz ˈevriːˌθɪŋ/
/noʊ ˈbetər ɡɪft/ /ə ˈpʌrfekt ˈfɔːlkən fər noʊ ˈriːzən/
There are no edges to my loving now.
When the ocean comes to you as a lover, has landed on your shoulder, /ðer ɑːr noʊ ˈedʒɪz tuː maɪ ˈlʌvɪŋ naʊ/
/hwen ðiː ˈoʊʃən kʌmz tuː juː æz ə ˈlʌvər/ /hæz ˈlændɪd ɑːn jʊr ˈʃoʊldər/
You’ve heard it said there’s a window
marry, at once, quickly, /(Youve) hɜːrd ɪt ˈsed ðerz ə ˈwɪndoʊ/
and become yours.
/ˈmæriː ʌt wʌns ˈkwɪkliː/
/ænd bɪˈkʌm jʊrz/
that opens from one mind to another,
for God’s sake! /ðæt ˈoʊpənz frʌm wʌn maɪnd tuː əˈnʌðər/
This moment this love comes to rest in me.
/fər ɡɑːdz seɪk/
/ðɪs ˈmoʊmənt ðɪs lʌv kʌmz tuː rest ɪn ˈmiː/
but if there’s no wall, there’s no need
Don’t postpone it! /bʌt ɪf ðerz noʊ wɔːl ðerz noʊ niːd/
many beings in one being.
/(Dont) poʊstˈpoʊn ɪt/
/ˈmeniː ˈbiːɪŋz ɪn wʌn ˈbiːɪŋ/
for fitting the window, or the latch.
Existence has no better gift. /fər ˈfɪtɪŋ ðə ˈwɪndoʊ ər ðə lætʃ/
In one wheat grain a thousand sheaf stacks.
/ɪɡˈzɪstəns hæz noʊ ˈbetər ɡɪft/
/ɪn wʌn hwiːt ɡreɪn ə ˈθaʊzənd ʃiːf stæks/
A thousand half-loves
No amount of searching /ə ˈθaʊzənd (halfloves)/
Inside the needle’s eye, a turning night of
/noʊ əˈmaʊnt əv ˈsɜːrtʃɪŋ/ stars.
must be forsaken to take
/ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə ˈniːdlz aɪ ə ˈtɜːrnɪŋ naɪt əv
will find this. stɑːrz/ /mʌst biː fɔːrˈseɪkən tuː teɪk/
/wɪl faɪnd ðɪs/ one whole heart home.
The clear bead at the center changes /wʌn hoʊl hɑːrt hoʊm/
everything.