Zen Death Haiku Ix
...ZEN DEATH HAIKU VIII
These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku.
Since I was born,
I must die,
and so …
—Kisei (1688-1764) , loose translation/interpretation of ...
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Categories:
nomura, age, allegory, allusion, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Zen Death Haiku Ii
...Today, catching sight of the mallards
crying over Lake Iware:
Must I too vanish into the clouds?
—Prince Otsu translation by Michael R. Burch
This world—
to what may we compare it?
To autum...
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Categories:
nomura, death, imagery, life, nature,
Form: Haiku