December 6, 2007

すみぞめ


なにゆえに
わがみわいえお
いでしぞと
こころにそめよ
すみぞめのそで

naniyue ni
waga mi wa ie o
ideshi zo to
kokoro ni someyo
sumizome no sode

why did I
leave home to be a monk?
I think it over
until my heart is dyed
deep as the black sleeves of my robe

-Ryokan

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