Sunday, July 22, 2007

The Summer Grasses--

"The summer grasses--
Of brave soldiers' dreams
The aftermath" (1).

At war, every loser laments, but every winner will eventually become weak too.
No country lasts thousands of years.

The facts become a history and with mercy, the book about it is put back to the bookshelf.


1. Matsuo Basho. The Narrow Road to Oku. Keene Donald, translator. 1996. Translation of: Oku no hosomichi.

(Found from the web site:
http://allabout.co.jp/study/basicenglish/closeup/CU20040412A/index3.htm )

1 comment:

Saku said...

I also referred the following pages.

Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com/
scholar?q=Of+brave+soldiers
%27+dreams%E3%80%80Basho&hl=
en&lr=&btnG=Search

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Matsuo_Bash%C5%8D

Britannica
http://search.eb.com.ezproxy.
library.uvic.ca/eb/article-9013602