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Line 59: − Even a life-long prosperity is but one cup of sake;+ − A life of forty-nine years is passed in a dream; + − I know not what life is, nor death. + − Year in year out-all but a dream.+ − Both Heaven and Hell are left behind; + − I stand in the moonlit dawn,+ − Free from clouds of attachment.<ref>Suzuki, ''Zen and Japanese Culture.'' P. 82</ref>+ −
→The Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima
A man of learning, Kenshin enjoyed poetry and wrote the following piece in anticipation of his own death in 1578…
A man of learning, Kenshin enjoyed poetry and wrote the following piece in anticipation of his own death in 1578…
<blockquote>Even a life-long prosperity is but one cup of sake;
A life of forty-nine years is passed in a dream;
I know not what life is, nor death.
Year in year out-all but a dream.
Both Heaven and Hell are left behind;
I stand in the moonlit dawn,
Free from clouds of attachment.<ref>Suzuki, ''Zen and Japanese Culture.'' P. 82</ref></blockquote>
== Notes to the Text ==
== Notes to the Text ==
