First priest, chants:
Is she then a warrior against sin?
On what field does she plant her banner?
Bears she a sword?
Second and third priests:
The world is very full of battle;
The speared and plumed forests in their ranks besiege the mountains;
The flooded fields like scimitars lie between the breasts of the mountains;
The mists ride on bugling winds down the mountains;
Shall not Kwan-yin bear a sword?