No. 83
Misfortune
挙歩出雲端
高枝未可攀
昇頭看皎月
猶在黒雲間
In English
- You step out to the edge of the clouds
- but the high branch cannot yet be reached
- raising your head to see the bright moon
- you find it still among dark clouds
- Meaning
- The poem ends with the bright moon you look up to still caught among dark clouds. After stepping out to the edge of the clouds and finding the high branch beyond reach, it suggests letting that branch be for now and waiting for a clearer sky.
- What to do today
- Review one overly ambitious plan and trim it to a size you can manage.
- A word from the capybara
- High branches are just for looking at; the grass below is for eating.
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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