The words within this poem bear
a message sweeping gloom away;
please do not print them, lest you tear
apart the meaning that they say.
The words of this poem are inspired by a poem by Sengai Gibon (150-1837) , illustrate by a depiction in the Japanese Pavilion at LACMA showing the poet Kanzan reading aloud a poem while the sweeper Jittoku sweeps the monastery in which they both live.
12/30/07
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem