Soshin Lyrics - Between The Mountain & The Moon - Luka Bloom

The snow begins across the mountains 

It covers the rice fields 

Down below a woman awakens 

Her breath is frozen in the early morning 

Out on the freezing streets 

With bell and bowl, she goes 

People come to see the face 

People come to feel the light of an Irish girl 

Everything in the world is new 

Everybody I tell wants to know you 

Soshin, Soshin, Soshin 

She washes noodles by the open window 

Wet and soft between her fingers 

The air of spring blows on her face 

And the moment is eternal 

Maura sits in the dark womb-like stillness 

She's thinking, "How can I die or cease to be? 

I am eternal, I am Roshi 

Everything in the world is new 

Everybody I tell wants to know you 

Soshin, Soshin, Soshin 

Soshin, Soshin, Soshin 

She may not change a blade of grass 

Nor light the flame for souls to see 

But in this silent Easter morning 

She has found a friend in me 

An Irish girl, an Irish girl 

An Irish girl, an Irish girl