No. 67
Misfortune
枯木未生枝
独歩上雲岐
豈知身未穏
独自惹閑非
In English
- The withered tree has yet to sprout a branch
- you climb alone to a fork among the clouds
- little knowing your footing is not yet sound
- and on your own you invite needless trouble
- Meaning
- The first half has a tree with no branches yet and a lone climb to a fork in the clouds; the second shows how trouble follows when your footing is not sound. The trouble here is mostly self-made, which makes careful preparation, and some company, the remedy.
- What to do today
- Before moving on something you were deciding alone, talk it over with one person.
- A word from the capybara
- Sunbathing with the group beats climbing a mountain alone.
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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