The morning glory blooms but an hour
And yet it differs not at heart
From the great pine that lives for a thousand years.
— Teitoku (Matsunaga Teitoku – 1571-1654)
Triêu nhan chỉ nở một giờ
Mà tâm không khác thông già ngàn năm
松永 貞徳 Tùng Vĩnh Trinh Đức
Notes:
1. Portrait of the poet
https://collections.lacma.org/node/1015649
2. Some links about the poet
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/松永貞徳
https://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2009/07/matsunaga-teitoku.html?m=1
https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/47483/1/EAS_EMJ_Lineberger_2010.pdf
3. Woodblock by Utagawa Hiroshige
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