Monday, July 9, 2012

Dreams While Sick -- Climbing Mt. Fuji (Shiki)







happily
I climbed Mt. Fuji and
as my legs trembled
on its peak
awoke

ureshikumo
noborishi Fuji no
itadaki ni
ashi wananakite
yume samen to su








Masaoka Shiki:  From Byōchū Yume [Dreams While Sick], 1898

2 comments:

  1. I'll keep this in mind on this difficult day and the days to come.

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  2. I'm sorry I missed this and to hear you had a difficult day. Hope everything is all right. Curtis

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