1“How many lamps are there,
that shine their light on the world?
We’ve come to ask the Buddha;
how are we to understand this?”

2“There are four lamps in the world,
a fifth is not found.
The sun shines by day,
the moon glows at night,

3while a fire burns both
by day and by night.
But a Buddha is the best of lights:
this is the supreme radiance.”

1"Kati lokasmiṁ pajjotā,
Tehi loko pakāsati;
Bhagavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma,
Kathaṁ jānemu taṁ mayan"ti.

2"Cattāro loke pajjotā,
pañcamettha na vijjati;
Divā tapati ādicco,
rattimābhāti candimā.

3Atha aggi divārattiṁ,
tattha tattha pakāsati;
Sambuddho tapataṁ seṭṭho,
esā ābhā anuttarā"ti.