A poem by Novice Manzei.
世間乎 何物尓将譬 旦開 榜去師船之 跡無如
よのなかを なににたとへむ あさびらき こぎいにしふねの あとなきがごと
| yo no naka wo nani ni tatopemu asabiraki kogi inisi pune no ato naki ga goto | This mundane world, To what might I compare? At dawn’s breaking, A boat rowed out but Has left no wake at all—that’s it. |
