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Like vanishing dew

by Ikkyu (Ikkyu Sojun)
(1394 - 1481) Timeline

English version by
Sam Hamill

Original Language
Japanese
Buddhist : Zen / Chan
15th Century

Like vanishing dew,
a passing apparition
or the sudden flash
of lightning -- already gone --
thus should one regard one's self.

 

 

-- from The Poetry of Zen: (Shambhala Library), Edited by Sam Hamill / Edited by J. P. Seaton

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Themes

  Water
 
 
 
 


Recommended Books


Crow With No Mouth: Fifteenth Century Zen Master Ikkyu, Translated by Stephen Berg
The Poetry of Zen: (Shambhala Library), Edited by Sam Hamill / Edited by J. P. Seaton
Wild Ways: Zen Poems of Ikkyu, Translated by John Stevens
Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter, Translated by Lucien Stryk / Translated by Takashi Ikemoto

 

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