I awaken to the true path

Drifting pitifully in the whirlwind of birth and death,
As if wandering in a dream,
In the midst of illusion I awaken to the true path;
There is one more matter I must not neglect,
But I need not bother now,
As I listen to the sound of the evening rain
Falling on the roof of my temple retreat
In the deep grass of Fukakusa.

 —Eihei Dōgen (1200 - 1253)

 Pictured: Hasui Kawase, "Rainy Night at Maekawa," 1932