"Frost on a summer day:
all I leave behind is water
that has washed my brush."
--Shutei
two versions:
CISYDEI BISLI
.I DA'AMEI STALI FA
LEMI BRULUMJAU
(DA'AMEI for 'only' is somewhat idiosyncratic; more regularly--)
CISYDEI BISLI
STALI FA PADA NO'U
LEMI BRULUMJAU
"Life is an ever-rolling wheel
And every day is the right one.
He who recites poems at his death
Adds frost to snow."
--Mumon Gensen
LE XRUTI BA'O
CIMNI .I MOKCA PRANE
.I FANMO PEMCI
SE BACRU DA POI DUNDA
LE BISLI LE DUJYJAU
Literally: 'The returner has been infinite. Moment-perfect! End-poem-uttered-by one who gives ice to frozen water.'
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