" Be not defeated by the rain

Nor let the wind prove your better

Succumb not to the snows of winter

Nor be bested by the heat of summer

Be strong in body. Unfettered by desire

Not enticed to anger. Cultivate a quiet joy... "

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"Be not defeated by the rain" was written approximately in the 30& #39;s the by the influent poet Miyazawa Kenji.

「雨ニモマケズ」 is written in Katakana

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Full poem in English

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