Limitations gone: Since my mind fixed on the moon, Clarity and serenity Make something for which There's no end in sight.
SaigyōNow seen...now gone, The butterfly flits in and out Through fence-hung flowers; But a life lived so close to them I envy...though it's here and gone.
SaigyōWhatever it is, / I cannot understand it, / although gratitude / stubbornly overcomes me / until I'm reduced to tears.
Saigyō