IN WAKING

My soul,
dived in and out of the water,
with the cormorant

Uejima Onitsura
上島 鬼貫

The spring wind is blowing
the journey is long
houses far away

Yosa Buson
与謝 蕪村

For the heart
that doubts not
the white flowers of the plum

Mokuin
木蔭