SKKS XVII: 1615

Composed on Mount Fuji, when he went into the Eastlands on a pilgrimage.

風になびくふじのけぶりのそらにきえてゆくゑもしらぬわが思哉

kaze ni nabiku
fuji no keburi no
sora ni kiete
yukue mo shiranu
wa ga omoi kana
Streaming in the wind
The smoke from Fuji
Vanishes in the sky;
I know not where
These thoughts of mine go, either.

The Monk Saigyō
西行

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