Seinnimse an duilleog.
Éist go géar.
Cloisfidh tú duilleog ag titim.
Ní hí an duilleog seo
atá á seinm anois agam
ach gach aon duilleog a thit riamh
go talamh.
Is é seo ceol na nduilleog
ag titim.
Ceol brónach, ab ea, a deir tú?
Ceol áthasach?
Níl ann ach ceol na nduilleog.
Tá sé mar atá sé.
Leaf Music
I am Yokoyama Sodō
I play the leaf.
Listen carefully.
You will hear a leaf falling.
Not this leaf
that I'm playing now
but all the leaves
that ever fell to the ground.
This is the music
of the falling leaf.
Is it sad, you ask?
Is it joyous?
It is simply leaf music.
It is what it is.
