The mirror of my
consciousness breaks, but the world --
always remains whole.
De spiegel van mijn	Der Spiegel meines
bewustzijn breekt, de wereld --	Bewusstseins zerbricht, doch die --
blijft altijd weer heel.	Welt bleibt immer ganz.

Poem H5242
Amsterdam, 2025-02-10
I raise the mirror of my life (Taigen Sofu) - 1555
Tanka by the Zen-monk Taigen Sofu (1495-1555), included in the 1986 collection "Japanese Death Poems", compiled by Yoel Hoffmann: "I raise the mirror of my life / up to my face: sixty years / With a swing I smash the reflection - / the world as usual / all in its place"
Collection: Stream
Keyword: Death: dying 
Tribute to: Taigen, Sofu