Hokusai's Great Wave

(Mount Fuji presidary)

Crews cower lower

 

Deep troughs, white horses

(Mount Fuji introspective)

First drowned, then trampled

 

Man's impermanence

(Mount Fuji remains steadfast)

Against nature's force.

 

The Great Wave's power,

(Mount Fuji oblivious)

Grasps man's life, now death