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And We'll Miss You
(for Chris Pirsig)
dated 12/79
# 739 on list of all songs
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Chris Pirsig was a student at the San Francisco Zen Center who was murdered in a random killing while he was walking down the Laguna Street. At Green Gulch Farm I used to go into his room and call him Submarine when I found him buried in his sleeping bag. The needle in the song is because at the Zen Center we sew stuff. I had heard he and his brother Ted were morphed into one to be the kid on the bike in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, but Ted wrote that no, that was only Chris. Also said that he smiled at the mention of the old car which he inherited and kept running for a long time.
I wrote and recorded this song after Chris's funeral at the SFZC. It's the longest of them all at 12:29. - DC
And We'll Miss You
You were born - and you died
You had a mom - you had a dad
I knelt at your funeral - as we said goodbye
There was nothing I could say
For if I had I would have cried
You were here - you are not
You and us - now you're out
I stared at your ashes - once so thin and blonde
Was torn between this sad life
And the wisdom gone beyond
Form is void - void is form
They're no different
There's no feeling, no perception
No more or less
There's no body - there's no mind
Now here this too
There's no birth - there's no death
And we'll miss you
You grew up - you grew out
You were lone - and about
Worked on that bike, as a kiddo rode in back
We'd pass, bow, smile, say hi
Maybe stop and have a chat
Form is form - void is void
They're not other
Shariputra heard the sutra
Long ago
No eyes, no ears, etcetera
No nirvana nor this tissue
There's no birth - there's no death
And we'll miss you
You and your well known beginnings
You and your come from the snow
You and your outings and innings
You and your loud rock n roll
You and your grease and the spare parts
You and your broken machines
You and your more than it's worth car
Gettin nursed out on the street
You and your shoe sales and studies
You and your small kitchen snacks
You and your sitting still buddies
You and your straight arrow track
You and your needle and chanting
You and your eyes to your feet
You and your stuff and your
You and your us and your
Getting ordained - finally
You were hard - you were soft
You were quiet - not so cross
You put one foot forward then
Then followed the next
Concentrated - your course is set
Little brother - you've got our respect
Void's a word - form's a word
They don't help now
Life is horrible
And we're all caught in fears
Gone too soon - shines the moon
We could hug you we could kiss you
There's no birth - there's no death
And we'll miss you.
No delusion, no enlightenment
No suffering, no end to it
Just this room of tears
There's no birth - there's no death
And we'll miss you.
Indonesian
unchecked Google translate
Anda lahir - dan Anda mati
Anda memiliki seorang ibu - Anda memiliki seorang ayah
Saya berlutut di pemakaman Anda - saat kami mengucapkan selamat tinggal
Tidak ada yang bisa saya katakan
Karena jika aku punya aku akan menangis
Anda berada di sini - Anda tidak
Anda dan kami - sekarang Anda keluar
Aku menatap abumu - dulu sangat kurus dan pirang
Terbelah antara kehidupan yang menyedihkan ini
Dan kebijaksanaan melampaui
Bentuk itu kosong - kekosongan adalah bentuk
Mereka tidak berbeda
Tidak ada perasaan, tidak ada persepsi
Tidak lebih atau kurang
Tidak ada tubuh - tidak ada pikiran
Sekarang di sini juga
Tidak ada kelahiran - tidak ada kematian
Dan kami akan merindukanmu
Anda tumbuh dewasa - Anda tumbuh dewasa
Anda sendirian - dan tentang
Bekerja di sepeda itu, saat anak-anak naik di belakang
Kami akan melewati, membungkuk, tersenyum, menyapa
Mungkin berhenti dan mengobrol
Bentuk adalah bentuk - kekosongan adalah kekosongan
Mereka bukan yang lain
Sariputra mendengar sutra
Zaman dahulu
Tidak ada mata, tidak ada telinga, dan sebagainya
Tidak ada nirwana atau jaringan ini
Tidak ada kelahiran - tidak ada kematian
Dan kami akan merindukanmu
Anda dan awal Anda yang terkenal
Anda dan Anda berasal dari salju
Anda dan acara dan babak Anda
Anda dan rock n roll Anda yang keras
Anda dan minyak Anda dan suku cadangnya
Anda dan mesin rusak Anda
Anda dan mobil Anda yang lebih berharga
Gettin dirawat di jalan
Anda dan penjualan dan studi sepatu Anda
Anda dan camilan dapur kecil Anda
Anda dan teman Anda yang duduk diam
Anda dan jalur panah lurus Anda
Anda dan jarum Anda dan nyanyian
Anda dan mata Anda ke kaki Anda
Anda dan barang-barang Anda dan Anda
Kamu dan kamu, kami dan kamu
Ditahbiskan - akhirnya
Kamu keras - kamu lembut
Kamu diam - tidak terlalu marah
Anda meletakkan satu kaki ke depan kemudian
Kemudian diikuti selanjutnya
Terkonsentrasi - kursus Anda sudah diatur
Adik laki-laki - Anda mendapatkan rasa hormat kami
Kekosongan adalah sebuah kata - bentuk adalah sebuah kata
Mereka tidak membantu sekarang
Hidup itu mengerikan
Dan kita semua terjebak dalam ketakutan
Pergi terlalu cepat - menyinari bulan
Kami bisa memelukmu, kami bisa menciummu
Tidak ada kelahiran - tidak ada kematian
Dan kami akan merindukanmu.
Tidak ada delusi, tidak ada pencerahan
Tidak ada penderitaan, tidak ada akhir untuk itu
Hanya ruang air mata ini
Tidak ada kelahiran - tidak ada kematian
Dan kami akan merindukanmu.
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