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dimanche 28 avril 2013

Rainy Night in Fukakusa


Drifting pitifully in the whirlwind of birth and death,
As if wandering in a dream,
In the midst of illusion I awaken to the true path;
There is one more matter I must not neglect,
But I need not bother now,
As I listen to the sound of the evening rain
Falling on the roof of my temple retreat
In the deep grass of Fukakusa.
 




Eihei Dōgen (1200 - 1253)


Fukakusa was the name of a secluded village to the south of medieval Kyoto. It literally means "deep grass".