“Late at night, listening to the winter rain
Recalling my youth —
Was it only a dream? Was I really young once?

As quoted in One Robe, One Bowl : The Zen Poetry of Ryōkan (2006) edited by John Stevens, p. 71”

—  Ryōkan

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