POEM: THIS WORLD OF DEW
by contemplativeinquiry
This world of dew
is only the world of dew –
and yet … oh and yet.
Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828), translated from the Japanese by Robert Hess. From The poetry of impermanence, mindfulness and joy edited by John Brem. (Wisdom, kindle edition, undated.)
One of the greats, for sure. It may interest you to know I work with a prolific translator of Issa and gave him some help with this site. http://haikuguy.com/issa/
Thanks for the information Bart.I’ll have a look at the site 😊