The clouds shimmer
in echo of the peel
of the great temple bell.
Hearing the chorus of monks,
a small red maple
sheds a leaf.
It is the butterfly
whose wings gavotte
to the inkin bell
which causes waves
to lap the shore
of a distant sea.
The clouds shimmer
in echo of the peel
of the great temple bell.
Hearing the chorus of monks,
a small red maple
sheds a leaf.
It is the butterfly
whose wings gavotte
to the inkin bell
which causes waves
to lap the shore
of a distant sea.