The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.

This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.

Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.

Learn about a pine tree from a pine tree, and about a bamboo plant from a bamboo plant.

Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?

Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.

Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers' imperial dreams.