the goddess came to the place of hell
and just by seeing her the hell-laborers
delayed their torture work, and sentient beings
on both sides, all of us, were instantly freed
from anger and the results of anger
such as the sufferings of rain and cold,
hailstorms and broken sandbags, and being
pulled apart and chopped up.
The burning ground became
lapis lazuli and the hungry ghosts
were sated, the animals no longer suffered,
the demigods were no longer jealous
of one another and the gods
shredded all the maps.
All needs and desires fell away like rain
and the suffering of all sentient beings
stopped, went silent, and across the frozen ground
between us you could hear the carols.