Love Poem

Here with you

I could remain

For countless days and years,

Silent as the bright moon,

We gazed at together.

--- Teishin

If your heart

Remains unchanged,

We will be bound as tightly,

As an endless vine

For ages and ages.

--- Ryokan

Love Poem between Ryokan and Teishin

The moon, I'm sure

Is shining brightly

High above the mountains

But gloomy clouds

Shroud the peak in darkness

--Teishin

You must rise above

The gloomy clouds

Covering the mountaintop

Otherwise, how will you

Ever see the brightness?

--Ryokan

Love Poems between Teishin and Ryokan

Have you forgotten me
Or lost the path here?
I wait for you
All day, every day
But you do not appear.

--Ryokan

Here with you
I could remain
For countless days and years
Silent as the bright moon
We watched together.

--Teishin

Love Poems

Was it really you I saw,

Or is this joy

I still feel

Only a dream?

~Teishin

In this dream world

We doze and talk of dreams--

Dream, dream on,

As much as you wish.

~Ryokan