A Private History of Happiness by George Myerson

Author:George Myerson [Myerson, George]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781781854815
Publisher: Head of Zeus

A Handful of Refreshing Well Water

Lady Sarashina, court attendant, composing a memoir of a childhood journey

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Around the end of the fourth month, I had to move to a place in the Eastern Hills. Some of the rice paddies that I passed on the way had been irrigated, while in others the seedlings had been planted; the green of the fields made for a charming sight [. . .]

As the place was near Ryozen Temple, a friend and I went there to pray. The walk there was most strenuous, and so we stopped by the stone well near the temple. As we scooped the water up with our hands, my friend said, “I don’t think I could ever get enough of this fresh water.” I asked in reply, “Deep in the mountains, you raise up water from between the rocks—is it only now that you realise you cannot get enough of it?” [. . .]

On the way back the evening sun shone bright, and we could see all of the capital.

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