Ryōkan Quotes

O, that
The spring evening would last for good
When the fragrant cherry petals
Are reeling up and down!
香ぐわしき
桜の花
空に散る
春の夕べ
暮れずもあらなむ

Pourquoi me sentirais-je
Dans le besoin ?
Devant ma porte de broussailles,
La lune est là,
Les fleurs sont là.

In my hometown, there are two brothers
with contrary characters.
One is clever and eloquent,
the other is foolish and silent.
The foolish one
seems to have all the time in the world.
The clever one
is always busy depleting his life.

This world A fading Mountain echo Void and Unreal

Je ne sais pourquoi
Mon cœur est inquiet ;
Il m'empêche de dormir ;
Demain,
C'est le printemps !

I have nothing to report, my friends. If you want to find the meaning, Stop chasing after so many things.

When? When?
How eagerly I've been waiting.
Now that you are here
What more do I want?
いついつと
待ちにし人は
来たりけり
今は会ひ見て
何か思はむ

In all ten directions of the universe, there is only one truth. When we see clearly, the great teachings are the same. What can ever be lost? What can be attained? If we attain something, it was there from the beginning of time. If we lose something, it is hiding somewhere near us.

Easily moved by beauty—such is my nature. I take a few phrases and they just turn into poems

When? When?
How eagerly I've been waiting.
Now that you are here
What more do I want?

Cling to truth and it turns into falsehood. Understand falsehood and it turns into truth. Truth and falsehood are two sides of the same coin. Neither accept one nor reject the other.

"If there is beauty, there must be ugliness;
If there is right, there must be wrong.
Wisdom and ignorance are complementary,
And illusion and enlightenment cannot be separated.
This is an old truth, don't think it was discovered recently.
"I want this, I want that"
Is nothing but foolishness.
I'll tell you a secret -
"All things are impermanent!

See and realize that this world is not permanent. Neither late nor early flowers will remain.

The flower invites the butterfly with no-mind;
The butterfly visits the flower with no-mind.
The flower opens, the butterfly comes;
The butterfly comes, the flower opens.
I don't know others,
Others don't know me.
By not-knowing we follow nature's course

The plants and flowers
I raised about my hut
I now surrender
To the will
Of the wind