SKKS XX: 1933

Amongst some poems of reminiscences.

極樂へまだわが心ゆきつかずひつじのあゆみしばしとゞまれ

gokuraku e
mada wa ga kokoro
yuki tsukazu
hitsuji no ayumi
shibashi todomare
To Paradise
My soul is not yet
Prepared to go–
My sheep’s steps
I would halt, if only for a while…

Former Abbot Jien
慈円

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