Silence

[ryokan]

In the silence, interposed,
the laughing dances,
the wilting rose,
came birdsong, water calling;
sudden, so far away.

Upon the headland, rising bright,
the spinning joy,
the raindrop upon the leaf;
came windsong and quiet calling,
somehow, so dear in us.

Now the mists enfold all.
There is nothing to do but wait,
with an immense gratitude.