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The Three
Wise Monkeys In a temple
at Kioto in far-away Japan, The little
Apes of Nikko are sitting, wondrous wise; And one
they call Mizaru - he's a funny little man! Mizaru sees
no evil with his eyes. The next is
Kikazaru - quite fun, too, is he; But ah! the
people tell me he is wise beyond his years; .As fine a
little gentleman as any ape could be; Kikazaru
hears no evil with his ears. The third
one is Mazaru*, and, like the other two, His way is
often quoted be the folk he dwells among, And that
which makes him famous is a simple thing to do Mazaru*
speaks no evil with his tongue. Now the
temple at Kioto few of us may ever see, Or the
Little Apes of Nikko, they're so very far away, But if we
would do as they do, I think you'll all agree, We might in
time become as wise as they. * Author probably meant Iwazaru, the
“speak no” monkey |
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Florence Boyce Davis,World's Best-Loved Poems by James Gilchrist
Lawson, pg 67- Harper & Row 1927 |
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