I see now that this dewdrop life is not regrettable as it's destined to be a pearl on the lotus. Sanekata Fujiwara (died 998, Japan - a poet of the Heian Period.) Even if I know I will turn into a pearl on the lotus leaf, I still wet my sleeves with tears like morning dew. Michitsuna Fujiwara's Mother (Tenth-century Japan - a poet of the Heian Period - her personal name is lost to history.) Faraway mountains reflected on the eyeballs of a dragonfly. Issa Kobayashi (1763-1824, Japan - a haiku poet of the late Edo period.)