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“The months and days are the travellers of eternity. The years that come and go are also voyagers.

Those who float away their lives on ships or who grow old leading horses

are forever journeying, and their homes are wherever their travels take them.”

Translated by Donald Keene (1955)

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“Days and months are travellers of eternity. So are the years that pass by.

Those who steer a boat across the sea, or drive a horse over the earth

till they succumb to the weight of years, spend every minute of their lives travelling.”

Translated by Nobuyuki Yuasa (1966)

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“The moon and sun are eternal travelers. Even the years wander on.

A lifetime adrift in a boat, or in old age leading a tired horse into the years,

every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.

Translated by Sam Hamill (1991)

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“The months and days are wayfarers of a hundred generations,

and the years that come and go are also travelers.

Those who float all their lives on a boat or reach their old age leading a horse by the bit

make travel out of each day and inhabit travel.”

Translated by Hiroaki Sato (1996)