Whatever living creatures there are with not a one left out—frail or firm, long or large, medium, small, tiny or round,

seen or unseen, living far or near, those who have been born <j>and those about to be born—may all beings be happy!

Let none deceive another, nor look down on anyone anywhere. Though provoked or aggrieved, let them not wish pain on each other.

Even as a mother would protect with her life her child, her only child, so too for all creatures unfold a boundless heart.

With love for the whole world, unfold a boundless heart: above, below, all round, unconstricted, without enmity or foe.