"I pondered Buddha's teaching A full four and eighty years. The gates are all now locked about me. No one was ever here - Who then is he about to die, And why lament for nothing? Farewell! The night is clear, The moon shines calmly, The wind in the pines Is like a lyre's song. With no I and no other Who hears the sound?"
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Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6
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Zoso Royo
Zoso Royo, or Higan Choro, (1194 - June 5, 1277) was a Japanese Rinzai monk and poet.
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