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The Dreamy Sound of Bokushitsu's Shakuhachi
Awakened Me from Deep Sleep One Moonlit Night

A wonderful autumn night, fresh and bright;
Over the echo of music and drums from a distant village
The single clear tone of a shakuhachi brings a flood of tears--
Startling me from a deep, melancholy dream.


from Ikkyu, Zen Master. Wild Ways: Zen Poems of Ikkyu.
Translated by John Stevens. Publisher Shambhala, 1995
Sumi-e artwork of shakuhachi by Ms Kay Stratman
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