Ryokan's Enlightenment

[Guest guest]

Too lazy to be ambitious,

I let the world take care of itself.

Ten days' worth of rice in my bag;

a bundle of twigs by the fireplace.

Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment?

Listening to the night rain on my roof,

I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out.

 

~ Ryokan

 

 

Like the little stream

Making its way

Through the mossy crevices

I, too, quietly

Turn clear and transparent

 

~Ryokan