Comments on: "Unbeaten by Rain" – A poem http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/04/02/unbeaten-by-rain-a-poem/ My life as a father, Buddhist and Japanophile. Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Doug 陀愚 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/04/02/unbeaten-by-rain-a-poem/#comment-5893 Doug 陀愚 Sun, 03 Apr 2011 06:35:03 +0000 http://level8.wordpress.com/?p=248#comment-5893 Hi Jeanie, and welcome to the JLR! Thanks for the alternate translation. :) Hi Jeanie, and welcome to the JLR! Thanks for the alternate translation. :)

]]> By: Jeanie Dubberley http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/04/02/unbeaten-by-rain-a-poem/#comment-5892 Jeanie Dubberley Sat, 02 Apr 2011 21:29:47 +0000 http://level8.wordpress.com/?p=248#comment-5892 I read this beautiful poem today for the first time, in a version somewhat different from yours. I thought you might be interested in this translation: Unbeaten by rain Unbeaten by wind Unbowed by the snow and the summer heat Strong in body Free from greed Without any anger Always serene With a handful of brown rice a day Miso and a small amount of vegetables suffice Whatever happens Consider yourself last, always put others first Understand from your observation and experience Never lose sight of these things In the East, if there is a sick child Go there and take care of him In the West, if there is an exhausted mother Go there and relieve her of her burden In the South, if there is a man near death Go there and comfort him, tell him "Don't be afraid" In the North, if there is an argument and a legal dispute Go there and persuade them it's not worth it In a drought, shed tears In a cold summer, carry on Even with a sense of loss Being called a fool Being neither praised nor a burden Such a person I want to be John Longhurst's column, Winnipeg Free Press, April 2, 2011 I read this beautiful poem today for the first time, in a version somewhat different from yours. I thought you might be interested in this translation:

Unbeaten by rain
Unbeaten by wind
Unbowed by the snow and the summer heat
Strong in body

Free from greed
Without any anger
Always serene

With a handful of brown rice a day
Miso and a small amount of vegetables suffice

Whatever happens
Consider yourself last, always put others first
Understand from your observation and experience
Never lose sight of these things

In the East, if there is a sick child
Go there and take care of him
In the West, if there is an exhausted mother
Go there and relieve her of her burden
In the South, if there is a man near death
Go there and comfort him, tell him
“Don’t be afraid”
In the North, if there is an argument and a legal dispute
Go there and persuade them it’s not worth it

In a drought, shed tears
In a cold summer, carry on
Even with a sense of loss

Being called a fool
Being neither praised nor a burden

Such a person I want to be

John Longhurst’s column, Winnipeg Free Press, April 2, 2011

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