House of Braided Thread

If you find someone who loves you more than I do,
go to them without a second thought!
If someone can keep you happier than I can,
take their hand without hesitation.
If someone holds you deeper in their mind than I do,
surrender your whole life to them, beloved!

Beloved, you'll find so many who will love you,
draw you close, desire you desperately—
layer upon layer of such souls you'll meet, but know this:
nowhere in all the hidden corners of this world
exists someone who will love you more than I do, cherish you better.

Just as you are,
beyond all your flaws and faults, crossing the barbed wire
of right and wrong—
I alone love you like a blood-red hibiscus.

If ever you find such a generous soul, beloved,
who can accept you exactly as you are, even more than I can,
don't let that hand slip away, not even by mistake!
That hand is precious beyond measure!
Believe me, such a soul won't be found again, not in lifetimes upon lifetimes!

If someone ever wants you more than I do—
in love and tenderness, in song and verse—
weave with them your home of ultimate sweetness.
Such a generous soul you won't find again in this birth, not even in a hundred births.