Kenji Miyazawa
Ame ni mo makezu
not losing to the rain not losing to the wind
not losing to the snow nor to summer's heat
with a strong body unfettered by desire never losing temper
cultivating a quiet joy every day
four bowls of brown rice miso and some vegetables to eat
in everything count yourself last and put others before you
watching and listening, and understanding and never forgetting
in the shade of the woods of the pines of the fields being in a little thatched hut
if there is a sick child to the east going and nursing over them
if there is a tired mother to the west going and shouldering her sheaf of rice
if there is someone near death to the south going and saying there's no need to be afraid
if there is a quarrel or a suit to the north telling them to leave off with such waste
when there's drought, shedding tears of sympathy
when the summer's cold, wandering upset
called a blockhead by everyone
without being praised without being blamed
such a person I want to become
not losing to the rain not losing to the wind
not losing to the snow nor to summer's heat
with a strong body unfettered by desire never losing temper
cultivating a quiet joy every day
four bowls of brown rice miso and some vegetables to eat
in everything count yourself last and put others before you
watching and listening, and understanding and never forgetting
in the shade of the woods of the pines of the fields being in a little thatched hut
if there is a sick child to the east going and nursing over them
if there is a tired mother to the west going and shouldering her sheaf of rice
if there is someone near death to the south going and saying there's no need to be afraid
if there is a quarrel or a suit to the north telling them to leave off with such waste
when there's drought, shedding tears of sympathy
when the summer's cold, wandering upset
called a blockhead by everyone
without being praised without being blamed
such a person I want to become
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Spring & Chaos
for Japanese television, and is based on the life of Kenji Miyazawa.
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