Zen Death Haiku Vii
...ZEN DEATH HAIKU VII
These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku.
Stricken ill on a journey,
in dreams I go wandering
withered moors.
—Matsuo Basho, loose translati...
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Categories:
taira, age, analogy, angst, animal,
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:
taira, death, imagery, life, nature,
Form: Haiku