Thirty casual poems at my grass hut (23):

Many a month and a day

Are to spend in vain.

But, little is  the time

For seeking the Way!

 

 

Sōan-no gū-ei sanjisshu (23):

Itazurani

Sugosu-tsukihi-wa

Ookeredo

Michi-wo motomuru

Toki-zo sukunaki

 

 

 

草庵之偶詠三十首 (23):

閑らに

過ごす月日は

多けれど

道をもとむる

時ぞすくなき