Abe no Seimei’s
good-luck message

Divine Waka Message

Yado mo nashi sono kayoiji mo oboenu ni kokorobosoku mo iriai no kane

（I don’t have a place to stay, nor do I know how to get there, yet the evening temple bell is ringing—how helpless I am!）

Metaphor

Like having the sun set when you’re at an unknown place.

Illustration

A man walking on a mountain road at night with a cane and a lantern