Hata utsu ya
Michi tou hito no
Miezu narinu.
—Buson
The peasant hoes on.
The person who asked the way
Is now out of sight.
Occupied with his own task, the peasant has forgotten the
traveling stranger who stopped to inquire the way. So too, we are
often so busy with our own duties and work that we pay scant
attention to the needs of others.