Wednesday, October 25

Thoughts

tsuyu to kie
maboroshi to kie
inazuma no
kage no gotoku ni
mi wa omou beshi

Like dew that vanishes,
like a phantom that disappears,
or the light cast
by a flash of lightining-
so should one think of one's self.

-Ikkyu Sojun (1394-1481)

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