This show contains so
Many Haikus, we've listed
Them all down below
~The Zodiac
- His eyes
Were just the end of Hell;
All pain, articulate.— Kashigi Omi's poem about a Dutch sailor boiled to death on Yabushige's orders, "Anjin"So strange, this life...
Just a dream of a dream...— The Taiko's poem at death's door, "Servants of Two Masters"Toranaga: The sound of rain on the leaves can be heard.
Mariko: Still more fragile is the dew of tears on my sleeves even in springtime.
Toranaga: Waiting, the pine tree never withers in winter.
Mariko: If I could use words like scattering flowers and falling leaves, what a bonfire my poems would make.— Exchanging verses after the seppuku of Toda Hiromatsu, "The Abyss of Life"While the snow remains
Veiled in the haze of cold evening
A leafless branch…— Mariko's memorial poem to Daiyoin at the court in Osaka Castle, "Crimson Sky"Flowers are only
Flowers because they fall, but
Thankfully, the wind.— Lady Ochiba concluding Mariko's poem, "A Dream of a Dream"My dead body,
Don't burn it, Don't bury it,
Just leave it in the field
And with it, fill the belly of some hungry dog.— Kashigi Yabushige's poem en route to his seppuku on Toranaga's watch, "A Dream of a Dream"
