There’s nothing to add to this Jisei (death poem). So profound.
Empty-handed I entered the world
Barefoot I leave it.
My coming, my going —
Two simple happenings
That got entangled.
Kozan Ichikyo
Japanese Death Poems Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death
Yoel Hoffman
Original source: Tuttle Publishing
