No. 98
Misfortune
欲理新糸乱
閑愁足是非
只困羅網裡
相見幾人悲
In English
- You try to sort the tangled new thread
- idle sorrow brings plenty of quarrels
- caught inside a net, you struggle
- and those who see it grieve
- Meaning
- The image at the center is the net in the third line, the kind that tightens the more you struggle. Trying to sort tangled thread only adds worries and quarrels, so letting things rest until the knot loosens seems wiser.
- What to do today
- Slowly untangle just one knotted cord or string.
- A word from the capybara
- When tangled up, napping first beats thrashing around.
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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