Munashiki ga goto

                世の中は                               Yo no naka wa
                何にたとへん                        nani ni tatoen
                山彦の                                    yamabiko no
                こたふる聲の                        kotauru koe no
                空しきがごと                        munashiki ga goto

Our life in this world -
to what shall I compare it?
Its like an echo
resounding through the mountains
and off into the empty sky.

- Monk Ryokan ( 良寛 )