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Saturday, 3 May 2025

Since the pure flow - Priest Nōren

Since the pure flow
Of Iwashimizu
Is unending,
Even the reflection of the moon
Is eternal and clear!
Priest Nōren (ca. 1132 - 1192)  Japan
Translated by Christina E. Olinyk
Source: Poems of the Gods of the Heaven and the Earth, Christina E. Olinyk, MA thesis, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2011
Posted by Bruce-the-Sheep at 09:42

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