Sesson Yūbai citations

Sesson Yūbai est un prêtre bouddhiste Zen de la secte Rinzai, considéré comme « le plus important poète de la littérature des cinq montagnes ». Wikipedia

✵ 1290 – 22. janvier 1347

Sesson Yūbai: 1 citation 0 J'aime

Sesson Yūbai: Citations en anglais

“I do not like praises and honours
Nor did I fear disdain
I just stayed away.
My mind, clear water,
My body bound and tied
For three years in Chang'an.
I sing what I feel in songs
In straight words, undecorated.”

Help us translate this quote

Sesson Yūbai

Source: Bingatshū, as cited in: Katō, Shūichi. A History of Japanese Literature: From the Man'yōshū to Modern Times, 1997. p. 105.