“Every single thing changes and is changing always in this world. Yet with the same light the moon goes on shining.”

“Today's satori:Such a change of mind wouldNot exist withoutMy lifelong habit of havingMy mind immersed in blossoms.”

“Returning to whereIt used to see blossoms,My mind, changed,Will stay on at Yoshino...Home now, and see anew.”

“Beyond this life andThis world I'll have it tilMy heart's content:The bright moon that passed overThe horizon before I had my fill.”

“Limitations gone:Since my mind fixed on the moon,Clarity and serenityMake something for whichThere's no end in sight.”

“I'd like to dividemyself in order to see,among these mountains,each and every flowerof every cherry tree.”

“Now seen...now gone,The butterfly flits in and outThrough fence-hung flowers;But a life lived so close to themI envy...though it's here and gone.”