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Buddhist : Zen / Chan
17th Century

About Masahide

Timeline (1657? - 1723)

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English version by
Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto

Original Language
Japanese
When bird passes on --

Themes
  Birds
  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

When bird passes on --
like moon,
a friend to water.

 

 

-- from Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter, Translated by Lucien Stryk / Translated by Takashi Ikemoto

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