Saigyō

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I'd like to dividemyself in order to see,among these mountains,each and every flowerof every cherry tree

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Limitations gone:Since my mind fixed on the moon,Clarity and serenityMake something for whichThere's no end in sight

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Tightly held by rocksThrough winter, the ice todayBegins to come undone:A way-seeker also is the water,Melting, murmuring from the moss

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Now seen...now gone,The butterfly flits in and outThrough fence-hung flowers;But a life lived so close to themI envy...though it's here and gone

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Today's satori:Such a change of mind wouldNot exist withoutMy lifelong habit of havingMy mind immersed in blossoms