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SONG FOR NICHIREN music and lyrics by Brian Campbell

You came into my life from a thousand years ago
And many thousands of miles away
You gave me this chant and you gave me this shrine
And with these I polish the mirror of each day
polish the mirror of each day

Rice cakes on my windowsill
And a basket of fruit
Moon growing full
As it crosses the sky
Heron unfurling wings
To fly
These I give to you
As these you give to me
As I polish the mirror of each day
These I give to you
As these you give to me
As your sun burns my sorrows away

And I think of you now, alone on your island
As I am alone on mine
Together we’ll bring fortune from a distant shore
As your life is joined to mine
Life joined to mine. . .

You came into this life a thousand years ago
And many thousands of miles away
You gave me this chant and you gave me this shrine
And with these I polish the mirror of each day
Polish the mirror of each day
Polish the mirror of each day

Brian Campbell: lyrics, music, voice, guitar
Chanting/bell ringing: Soka Gakkai International members in cyberspace; recorded by Greg Spero
Recorded by Martin Bennett at Studio Loco, Montreal