(From a collection of songs translated by Yeshe Gyamtso and published by KTD Publications (2007) as the Treasury of Eloquence: The Songs of Barway Dorje. Posted with permission. Copyright 2007 Karma Triyana Dharmachakra & Peter O’Hearn. All Rights Reserved.)
Composed as oral instruction for women of Palkhyim Yedrong gathered in play:
From the expanse of great bliss atop your heads
Your kind root guru sings to you of dharma.
Smiling with pleasure he plants the seed
Of freedom in the fortunate with faith.
Pray with yearning and no doubt.
I am deeply saddened
By our endless bewildered planning
In this inescapable ocean of samsara.
Give up worldly actions.
Emulate the lives of siddhas of the past.
I offer the benevolent aspiration
That I lead all connected to me to freedom.
Composed by Barway Dorje for some women of Yelpa.