Beloved wish-fulfilling jewel and emanation body
Supreme of lamps that take the darkness of ignorance away
Oh precious chakravartin king, the one behind the wheel
At your feet, Oh Marpa the Translator, I bow in trusting homage!

Here at this place so high, at red rock fortress of the sky
Here at this meeting place which dakinis of the four kinds grace
This old man on this site that fills him up with such delight
Experiences so strong a heart-felt joy I put to song
And you whose knowledge penetrates, who with perseverance meditate
All you students gathered here, please listen with attentive ear!

This mountain retreat that's free of dogmatism and narrow mind
Is the guide that nurtures and sustains samadhi-experiences
Is there anyone here who is able to keep to this path and follow it through
The one who knows that the body itself is the monastery is happy
That native mind itself is pure like space is emaho!

When faith has grown reliable and free of fickle change
This is the guide that helps you in abandoning samsara
Is there anyone here who is able to keep to this path and follow it through
The one for whom samsara, nirvana are free on the spot is happy
This completion of four kayas in your mind is emaho!

The meeting of appearances of the six kinds of consciousness
This is the guide that turns adverse conditions into a path
Is there anyone here who is able to keep to this path and follow it through
The one for whom desire and craving have been fulfilled is happy
The rope that ties perceiver and perceived, when cut, is emaho!

A guru truly reliable, belonging to a lineage
This is the guide on the path of dispelling the darkness of ignorance
Is there anyone here who is able to keep to this path and follow it through
The one who relies on a guru who is buddha in person is happy
The mind's own recognition of itself is emaho!

These cotton clothes I'm wearing, which are neither hot nor cold
This is the guide for travelers whose retreat is in the snows
Is there anyone here who is able to keep to this path and follow it through
The one who is not intimidated by heat and cold is happy
To be able to lie down naked in the snow is emaho!

The instructions that make it possible to connect up with transference
This is the guide for conquering all bardo fears you have
Is there anyone here who is able to keep to this path and follow it through
The one who makes no split between this life and the next is happy
To arrive at last in pure being's expanse is emaho!

The path of special skills so deep of the whispered lineage
The guide that separates the murkiness from lucid mind
Is there anyone here who is able to keep to this path and follow it through
The one whose bliss of body and mind grows more and more is happy
The entry of the life force in avadhuti is emaho!

The yogi who has reached success in emptiness compassion
This is the guide for cutting through complexity's conventions
Is there anyone here who is able to keep to this path and follow it through
The one with realized students as a retinue is happy
To gather emanations as a retinue is emaho!

This little song of experience on eight forms of happiness
Which this old man has felt inspired to sing for you like this
Might just light up the practice heart for you who are gathered here
It came from a yogi's joyfulness
Put it in your hearts and forget it not!

Sung to Dreteun who requested instructions from the Jetsun to experience the happiness that comes from within. Tibetan page 668.
Under the guidance of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, translated and arranged by Jim Scott, Kagyu Ling, Chateau de Plaige, Toulon-sur-Arroux, France, August 1994. Translation copyright 2012, Jim Scott