SZS XIX: 1231

Composed in the conception of the juryō section [of the Lotus Sutra].

鷲の山月を入りぬとみる人はくらきにまよふ心なりけり

wasi no yama
tuki wo irinu to
miru Fito Fa
kuraki ni mayoFu
kokoro narikeri
Upon the Mount of Eagles
The moon shines down –
Seeing it, a man,
Is lost in darkness,
Within his heart.

The Monk En’i

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