Coming or Going

by Eihei Dogen

English version by Robert Bly
Original Language Japanese

The migrating bird
leaves no trace behind
and does not need a guide.

-- from The Soul is Here for its Own Joy: Sacred Poems from Many Cultures, Edited by Robert Bly

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