Master Five Willows

No one moves
the way he moves
moving with the wind
as graceful as a dancer
his movements are unplanned


You see him here
you see him there
but he is where he is
some call him the Master
they know the Master lives


So walk, Master Five Willows
show me how to walk with you
show me how to move, to dance
teach me how to talk with you
five willows standing 
in an open wind-blown field
show me how to stand up tall
teach me how to yield


As graceful as a willow stand
unbending as an oak tree
Five Willows walks
and his movements are free
the world is an open field and
some of us are wind-blown
Five Willows teaches us
to gather what we've sown


So dance, Master Five Willows
show me how to dance with you
some of us are broken
long before we are full grown and
some of us are dying
in a Universe we own
Five Willows teaches how to find
the things we've always known


(copyright  Baba Farid '83, SOCAN)
-from the album "Border Crossings"
 Sunram Music #SM001