1. Butsuga ichinyo ––Oneness
first snow––
darkness hiding
with the mouse
2. Yugen ––Beauty suffused with ineffable mystery
Whiteness!––
ghosts and snow
crossing the road
3. Essentiality
Whiteness!––
footprints, no footprints
the same sadness
4. Fuga no makoto ––Poetic Truth
Whiteness!––
everywhere, flying snow whispering
“This…!”
5. Kogo kizoku ––Awakening to the high, returning to the low
Whiteness!––
fell down coming, fell down going
snow on the altar
6. Perspective
Whiteness!––
flying with new snow,
old mountains
7. Equivalence, Yin / Yang
the barren field––
crows flying
with the snow
8. Hosomi ––Slenderness
Whiteness!––
blooming again
asters in snow
9. Mono no awa re ––Compassion for things
Whiteness!––
the lost wind
crying to everything
10. Shibumi ––Astringency
Whiteness!––
blind as a ghost
leaving even this…
11. Karumi ––Lightness
Whiteness!––
old snow, new snow
sharing secrets
12. Fueki ryuko ––Changing and unchanging
Whiteness!
the freed root
clinging to stone
13. Transition
Whiteness!
a snowflake trembling
in summer’s web
14. Call and Response
What is Whiteness?
––snow revealing the transparency of my shadow
15. Seeing
old snow––
however I first wandered,
wandering again
16. Perceiving
winter rain––
this flowering branch,
what does it know…?
17. Knowing
the end of snows––
one word
shadows and stalks
