Knowing Oneself
Lady Suri (early 10th century)
translated from Japanese by Graeme Wilson
As for your soul, it interests me
No more than some blue star
Known to be there, but otherwise
Too far, too far . . .
All that I want in this actual world
Is the actual man you are.
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Knowing Oneself
From The Spectator, 13 August 1988
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