#192 The lotus possesses a heart that remains unsullied by the mud’s murkiness,…
| Size： | about 33×24 cm |
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| Dressing： | framed |
What kind of verse?
| verse: | Hachisu-ba no, nigori ni shima nu, kokoro mote, nanika wa tsuyu wo, tama to azamuku |
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| (imho): | The lotus possesses a heart that remains unsullied by the mud’s murkiness, yet why does it deceive people by making the dew on its leaves appear as jewels? |
| poet: | Soujouhenjou |
| in: | before 890 |
brief comment
Now, it has been two years since I last wrote this poem.
Although Soujouhenjou is somewhat of a worldly monk, he is full of wit, and I have gradually come to find him interesting.
This poem, while seemingly a satire on the lotus leaf, actually expresses the beauty of the water droplets. Instead of directly praising the beauty of the water droplets, by incorporating the lotus leaf, it conveys the lotus’s mystique of blooming beautifully despite growing in the mud, and even encompasses the Buddhist connotations. This truly feels like the epitome of his work.