Is Léir an Duine Ionraic i ngach cearn den Chruinne

Ní héinne ar leith é

an duine ionraic;

Ach ar nós dúghoirme
na speire síoraí

Sé gach duine é
gach ait ar domhan

True person manifest throughout the ten quarters of the world

The true person
Not anyone in particular;

But, like the deep blue color
Of the limitless sky,
It is everyone, everywhere in the world.

Eihei Dogen (1200 - 1253)

English version by Steven Heine

The Zen Poetry of Dogen: Verses from the Mountain of Eternal Peace by Steven Heine