For whom was all his eloquence expounded?
Longing for ancient times and grieving for the present, my heart is exhausted.

For five hundred years it’s been covered with dust
just because no one has had an eye for recognizing dharma.

Nobody has asked whether it is a jewel or a pebble.

Now when I take the Record of Eihei Dogen and examine it,
the tone does not harmonize well with usual beliefs.

Inside this teaching, other’s never any shortcoming.
Thus I thoroughly studied the master of all things.