Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Otomo no Tabito: a suggestion for the wise

44.

Instead of  fretting
   over things that can't be changed,
how much better
   to swallow down a full cup
       of cloudy sake!


-- Otomo no Tabito --  (665-731)
from  Traditional Japanese Poetry:  An Anthology


Works for me. 

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