Shijo 2060 by U T’ak

The breeze that melted the blue mountain snow
blew suddenly and was gone.
I’ll borrow that breeze a moment and blow it across my head,
to melt
the frost lodged so long in these locks.

translated by Kevin O’Rourke

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