Do not tune it
Neither high nor low
Do it right
And make the music flow

When you pluck a string
And all the music flies
Let it be too slack and pretty music dies
Do not tune it
Neither high nor low
Do it right
And make the music flow

Take too much and even pleasure loses taste
Not enough and what's been done
Can go to waste
Do not tune it
Neither high nor low
Do it right
And make the music flow

Make the music flow
In the blazing sun
The people's slow
Just as nature wisely runs

Not fast
But walks too slow
What makes the music flow
So make the music flow

Reach too high
You'll pass right by and never touch
Reach too low and low is high
Becomes too much
Do not tune it
Neither high nor low
Do it right
And make the music flow

Do it right
And make the music flow
Do it right
And make the music flow