Theragatha
Chapter I — Single Verses
118
Kimbila
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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As if sent by a curse,
it drops on us —
aging.
The body seems other,
though it's still the same one.
I'm still here
and have never been absent from it,
but I remember myself
as if somebody else's.