The Pillow of Grass
Dogen Zenji
Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass,
Dogen Zenji
your life is as brief as a flash of lightning.
Dogen Zenji
Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment.
Ikkyu
Like vanishing dew, a passing apparition or the sudden flash of lightning --
Ikkyu
already gone - thus should one regard one's self.
Ryokan Taigu
Someday I'll be a weather-beaten skull resting on a grass pillow,
Ryokan Taigu
Serenaded by a stray bird or two.
Ryokan Taigu
Kings and commoners end up the same,
The Pillow of Grass
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