Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death by Yoel Hoffmann

Author:Yoel Hoffmann [Hoffmann, Yoel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780804831796
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 1998-04-15T04:00:00+00:00

its taste to him

hito ni wa iwaji

who never tasted blowfish.

fugu no aji

The blowfish (fugu) is considered a delicacy, but preparing it requires considerable skill. If the poison in the fish's body is not successfully removed, it can cause death.

DOHAKU

道伯

Died in 1675

Cargoless,

Tsumimono ya

bound heavenward,

nakute jōdo e

ship of the moon.

tsuki no fune

There is a play on words in the original. Tsumi can mean "sin" as well as "loading." The first phrase could thus be rendered "sinless."

Tsuki no fune means, as translated, "ship of the moon," but the phrase can also be understood as "ship beneath the moon."

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