יום שבת, 1 בפברואר 2014

was it fate or choice that had lead to a fruitless life?

He was a prominent Japanese poet.
He served eight different emperors in his long career 
(holding high posts such as head of the arsenal). 
He was a warrior, leading armies.
At the end of his life he became a monk.

But life drew him back to war, 
and suffering defeat
he had committed suicide. 

His assistant-in-death
tossed his beheaded head
fastened to a rock
into the river 
so that it could not be found. 

His death poem speaks thusly: 
"Like an old tree
From which we gather no blossoms
Sad has been my life
Fated to bear no fruit"

Let us all remember Minamoto no Yorimasa with sadness. 
Let us all learn his lesson: 
never live life in a manner 
that might lead you to feel
at your end 
that your life had been fruitless. 

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