~
Chŏng Ch’ŏl also known as
Songgang ~ Pine River
*1536 - †1593 ~ Seoul - Korea
Fragile lotus leaves are swept
with rain, but it makes no mark.
The rain comes harder and harder,
but the leaves remain unharmed.
Oh, that my mind were a lotus leaf,
unstained by the world’s strife.
~*~
Chŏng Ch’ŏl also known as
Songgang ~ Pine River
*1536 - †1593 ~ Seoul - Korea
Fragile lotus leaves are swept
with rain, but it makes no mark.
The rain comes harder and harder,
but the leaves remain unharmed.
Oh, that my mind were a lotus leaf,
unstained by the world’s strife.
~*~
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| Nymphaea coerulea ~ blauwe lotus |
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