have you not noticed
what the world is
really like?
it is like moonlight
shining in dewdrops
shaken, flying,
from the beak of a crane.
have you not noticed
what the world is
really like?
it is like moonlight
shining in dewdrops
shaken, flying,
from the beak of a crane.
“In autumn
even though I may see it again
how can I sleep
with the moon this evening?”
Dogen 1252
I think this was written on the night of the last full moon before his death.