The Contradiction of Red (1976)

Is red the color of the sarong you wear?

Be happy then for red is the color of the East

The deities look upon you as an omen fair

They are inviting you to the ceremonial feast

Do not hesitate and honorably accept the invitation

Those who await you are waiting in the garden

They wear multicolored sarongs that hinder speculation

So greet them kindly expecting an understandable pardon

Even though you fail to contemplate their view

Accept it as if it were your own

The color red the generations ensue

And those who wear it are never known

Return now to your rice fields and cultivate them well

Prosperous and virtuous men watch the eastern sky

Red in your sarong, red in the sky and red in Hell

A combination guarantees that faithful skies will cry