SKKS XX: 1957

Abandoning obligation and taking the path of transcendence.

そむかずはいづれの世にかめぐりあひて思ひけりとも人にしられん

somukazu wa
izure no yo ni ka
meguriaite
omoikeri to mo
hito ni shiraren
Orders had I taken not, then
In some world to come
Would I encounter them and
Care at all?—that
I would have them know.

Monk Jakunen

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

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