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I cannot say

by Izumi Shikibu
(974? - 1034?) Timeline

English version by
Jane Hirshfield

Original Language
Japanese
Buddhist : Zen / Chan
11th Century

I cannot say
which is which:
the glowing
plum blossom is
the spring night's moon.

 

 

-- from Women in Praise of the Sacred: 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women, Edited by Jane Hirshfield

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Themes

  Moon
  Spring Blossom
  Water
 
 


Recommended Books


The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, by Stephen Mitchell
Women in Praise of the Sacred: 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women, Edited by Jane Hirshfield

 

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