Poem made on “the mind arising in no abiding”:
Waterfowls come and go
Leaving no traces behind,
And yet they do not forget
The path they pass.
Ou-mu-sho-jū-ni-shō-go-shin-wo eizu
Mizutori-no
Yukumo kaerumo
Ato taete
Saredomo michi-wa
Wasure-zari-keri
詠応無所住而生其心
水鳥の
行くも帰るも
跡たえて
されども路は
わすれざりけり
Swans, Leque Island in Stanwood, Washington,
Photo by Mike Elroy, National Geographic
