Deep within the mountains
the mind’s moon brightly shines,
it’s light mirroring
all things everywhere, itself
mirrored in the enlightened mind.Fukaki yama ni
kokoro no tsuki shi
suminureba
kogami ni yomo no
satori o zo miruSaigyo in Only Companion: Japanese poems of love and longing
Translated by Sam Hamill
Heavy storms in these mountains. I know the moon’s up there somewhere but right now I’m just dodging the sleet.