Within the Happiness of Existing

Having been here for hundreds of years
Just watching the changing scenery
Just watching the unchanging scenery
Just gazing at it every day
That is why there are things I understand
That changing
And not changing
Neither is unhappiness
That is what I know

Flowers that bloom proudly and then scatter
The Jizo statue that watches them every year

What decides happiness or unhappiness
Is always one's own heart
Within the happiness of existing