Feb 27
The moon reflected,
flowers floating in the wind:
such are human lives.
flowers floating in the wind:
such are human lives.
Poem "I was born into this world" by the Zen-monk Gizan Zenrai (1801-1878), included in the 1986 collection "Japanese Death Poems", compiled by Yoel Hoffmann:
I was born into this world / I leave it at my death. / Into a thousand towns / My legs have carried me, / And countless homes - / What are all these? / A moon reflected in the water / A flower floating in the sky / **!
Collection "Thinkles Lusionless"
I was born into this world / I leave it at my death. / Into a thousand towns / My legs have carried me, / And countless homes - / What are all these? / A moon reflected in the water / A flower floating in the sky / **!
Collection "Thinkles Lusionless"
