Poems

Wabi-Sabi/Zen Terms

Kigo

Additional Nature Terms

Deep in a ravine,

in a tree on the old farm,

a single dove sings out, searching for a friend,

lonely voice of the evening.

—Saigyo

( Hamill & Seaton, 2004: p. 106 )

Deep;

old farm;

single;

searching;

lonely voice;

evening

[None]

Ravine;

tree;

dove

Whom is it calling

in this high mountain village,

that lonely cuckoo?

When I came here, I came

alone, just wanting a life.

—Saigyo

( Hamill & Seaton, 2004: p. 108 )

High mountain village;

lonely;

alone;

“just wanting a life”

Cuckoo

[summer]

If only people

would not come to visit me

in lonely mountains

where I have built my retreat

from the world’s many trials.

—Soseki

( Hamill & Seaton, 2004: p. 123 )

Lonely;

retreat;

“from the world’s many trials”

[None]

Mountains