May 16, 2010

Zen monk Ryokan


It's not that I don't care to socialize  
It's just that amusing myself alone is the better way  

世の中に | yo no naka ni | in the world  
まじらぬとには | majiranu to ni ha | mixing-not that  
あらねども | aranedomo | not  
ひとり遊びぞ | hitori asobi zo | playing alone  
我はまされる | ware ha masareru | by myself is better
* Image: self-portrait of Ryokan with inscribed verse

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