Quite the contrary

to what I'd thought, passing clouds

are simply

the moon's entertainment,

its lovely decoration.

Saigyo

(1118 - 1190)

It's now. It's this moment of the year I usually wait for impatiently. Time to leave, to see something new, to hit the road. Will join you in the mid July dear friends. Have a great time!

Joo:)

A final drop of dew

or the first sparkling leaf - each illustrates this brief temporal world

in which all things pass through

Sojo Henjo

(816 - 819)

If pressed to compare
this brief life, I might declare:
It's like a boat
that crossed this morning's harbor,
leaving no mark on the world.


The Priest Mansei
(CA.730)

Jade green pool spring water's clear
the spirit of itself brings dark mysteries to light.
Meditate on emptiness: it's all the more quiet.




Han Shan
(8th century)

A mountain's a palace
for all things crystalline and pure:
there is no a speck of dust
on a single one of all these flowers


Kuan Hsiu
(833 - 912)

The birds have vanished from the sky.
Now the last cloud drains away.

We sit together,the mountain and me,
until only the mountain remains.


Li Po
(701 - 761)