Note 27 — LAFCADIO HEARN (continued 3)
Reading edition
San-zen sékai ni Otoko wa arédo, Nushi ni mi-kayeru Hito wa nai.
"San-zen sekai," the three thousand worlds, is a common Buddhist expression. Literally translated, the above song runs: "Three-thousand-worlds-in men are, but lover-to-exchange person is not."