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迷途篇 Going Astray

Stray

Affliction is the laughingstock of demons,
which wakes up the slumber in exhaustion.
Turning around and going back in innocence,
seek for precepts and gracious direction.

Falsehood is the tool of bewilderment,
destroying will and idling away life.
Crawling out of snares and traps,

go forward on the way home in light.

Impartial judgement
is for learning commands.

Faithful response
reacts to expecting confirmation.

Established promise

is unforgettable commitment.
Fatherly assistance
is entrusted to the lost in earnest.

Tramping over mountains and through ravines,
You retrieve stray lamb.
Obtaining commands,
wander in your vast and boundless world.

“Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word.”

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