Three-Cornered World by Soseki Natsume

Author:Soseki Natsume
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-4-8053-0201-9
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Immobile in his web the spider hangs

As fingers of smoke trace round the bamboo beams.

On reading them through I had the impression that any one of these lines could have been turned into a picture. Why, I wondered, was it easier to write poetry than to paint. I thought that perhaps I should not have abandoned my attempt at painting, when with a little more effort I might have been successful. However, I had a desire to put into words a sentiment that could not be expressed on canvas. Once again I racked my brains, and eventually wrote:

Seated alone in silence undisturbed,

Within my heart a shaded light I see.

How futile the activity of man.

Oh, can I e'er forget this state

Where for one day tranquillity I find

And see how busy were the ages past for me?

Where can I lay this yearning soul to rest?

Far, far away among the milk-white clouds.

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