Saigyo poem

Saigyo poem: Mi o sutsuru hito wa makoo ni sutsuru ka wa sutenu hito koso sutsuru narikeri 2169 Nihon koten zensho edition of Sanka-shu by Ito Yoshio [372 in Shikawaka-shu] So, then, it’s the one who has thrown his self away who is thought the loser? But he who cannot lose self is the one who is really lost. Page 29 Awesome Nightfall by William Lafleur meguriawan koto no chigiri zo arigataki kibishiki yama no chikai miru ni mo Poem: 1461 Amazing to have made it here to this point where holy ones convened; pledges are best when made on precipices above it all.

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