The plants and flowers

by Ryokan

English version by John Stevens
Original Language Japanese

The plants and flowers
I raised about my hut
I now surrender
To the will
Of the wind

-- from Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf: Zen Poems of Ryokan, Translated by John Stevens

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