Zen Death Poems

Ryonen:
When Ryonen was about to pass from this 
world, she wrote another poem:

Sixty-six times have these eyes beheld the
   changing scene of autumn.
I have said enough about moonlight,
Ask no more.
Only listen to the voice of pines and cedars
   when no wind stirs.

Senseki:
At last I am leaving:                          
in rainless skies, a cool moon...        
pure is my heart                                  

Banzan:
Farewell...                                           
I pass as all things do                        
dew on the grass.                                

Basho:
On a journey, ill:                                 
my dream goes wandering                  
over withered fields.                           

Nandai:
Since time began                                
the dead alone know peace.                
Life is but melting snow.