No. 28
Misfortune
意速無船渡
波深必誤身
切須回旧路
方可逸災迍
In English
- Your mind races, but no boat will ferry you
- the waves run deep and could lead you astray
- turn back, by all means, to the old road
- and you can slip away from disaster
- Meaning
- If there is no boat, the poem says, do not try to cross; go back to the old road, and trouble passes you by. Facing deep water, stepping back for a while can be its own way of moving forward.
- What to do today
- Sleep on one decision you were about to make in a hurry.
- A word from the capybara
- No boat means a good excuse to sunbathe on the shore.
What 'Misfortune' means (glossary)
The explanations added by each temple differ. The poems and fortunes follow an Edo-period printed edition.
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