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“He who comes knows only his coming,
He who goes knows only his end.
To be saved from the chasm,
Why cling to the cliff?
Clouds floating low
Never know where the breezes will blow them.”

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Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6

“If you say, 'Come back later',
He will speedily come to snatch you away.
Say rather, 'I shall not be in till I'm ninety-nine'.”

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Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6

“Young brid
Be alive till they say to you
Die! Die!”

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Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6