Text #113.

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by #19. Saigyô (西行法師)

Season:
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Subject:
Monasticism  
Commentary:
Only those who would give up their lives shall keep it...
Japanese:
身をすつる
人は誠に
すつるかは
捨てぬ人こそ
すつる也けれ
Romanization:
Mi wo sutsuru
hito wa makoto ni
sutsuru ka wa
sutenu hito koso
sutsuru narikere
Translation #114:
He who casts himself away—
has he truly
cast himself away?
The real castaway is one
who casts nothing away at all!

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