Zen Fool Ryokan Quotes

“When? When?
How eagerly I've been waiting.
Now that you are here
What more do I want?”
― Ryōkan, Zen Fool Ryokan

“What shall I compare
Your precious letter in early spring to?
All the jewels and gold
Lose their color.
雨が下に
満つる玉より
黄金より
春の初めの
君が音づれ”
― Ryōkan, Zen Fool Ryokan

“When? When?
How eagerly I've been waiting.
Now that you are here
What more do I want?
いついつと
待ちにし人は
来たりけり
今は会ひ見て
何か思はむ”
― Ryōkan, Zen Fool Ryokan

“Long long years,
Yes, endlessly long years,
Being together face to face,
Never asking the moon the time to go.
向かいゐて
千代も八千代も
見てしがな
空行く月の
こと問はずとも”
― Ryōkan, Zen Fool Ryokan

“O, that
The spring evening would last for good
When the fragrant cherry petals
Are reeling up and down!
香ぐわしき
桜の花
空に散る
春の夕べ
暮れずもあらなむ”
― Ryōkan, Zen Fool Ryokan