| Life was a party, | |
| now I'm lying in the stench -- | |
| of my own urine. | |
| Het leven was een | Das Leben war schön, |
| feest, nu lig ik in de stank -- | jetzt liege ich im Gestank -- |
| van mijn urine. | Dem meines Urins. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-10
Seventy years and more (Tosui Unkei) - 1683
Poem by the Zen-monk Tosui Unkei (1610-1683), included in the 1986 collection "Japanese Death Poems", compiled by Yoel Hoffmann: "Seventy years and more / I have tasted life to its utmost / The stench of urine sticks to my bones / What matter all these? / Ho! Where is the place I return to? / Above the peak the moonlight whitens / A clear wind blows"
Collection: After the festivities
Keyword: Old age: ailments / defects
Tribute to: Tosui, Unkei
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