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Masahide's Death Poem

by Masahide
(1657? - 1723) Timeline

English version by
Yoel Hoffman

Original Language
Japanese
Buddhist : Zen / Chan
17th Century

while I walk on
the moon keeps pace beside me:
friend in the water

 

 

-- from Japanese Death Poems, Translated by Yoel Hoffman

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Themes

  Death
  Moon
  Water
 
 


Recommended Books


Japanese Death Poems, Translated by Yoel Hoffman
Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter, Translated by Lucien Stryk / Translated by Takashi Ikemoto

 

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