No. 77
Misfortune
累滞未能蘇
求名莫遠図
登舟波浪急
咫尺隔天衢
In English
- Delays pile up and you cannot recover
- seeking a name, make no far-reaching plans
- board the boat and the waves run fierce
- the broad road is near yet out of reach
- Meaning
- The poem ends with a broad road just a few steps away and still out of reach. After delays pile up and the boat meets fierce waves, Misfortune here suggests setting far-reaching goals aside and steadying your footing first.
- What to do today
- Set big goals aside and finish one errand that takes five minutes.
- A word from the capybara
- Rough waves mean skipping the boat and grazing 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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