What a strange thing!
to be alive
beneath cherry blossoms.

Here
I'm here-
the snow falling.

Come see the cherry trees of a water constellation
and the round key of the rapid universe,
come touch the fire of instantaneous blue,
come before its petals are consumed.

The world of dew
is the world of dew.
And yet, and yet--

Giddy grasshopper
Take care...do not leap and crush
These pearls of dewdrop

O snail
Climb Mount Fuji
But slowly, slowly!