Birth after birth, the beginning of life remains dark; death after death, the end of death remains obscure.
生まれ生まれ生まれ生まれて生の始めに暗く、死に死に死に死んで死の終わりに冥し。

Philosophers
Kūkai
Founder of Shingon Buddhism in Japan (774-835). He sailed to Tang China in 804 and studied esoteric Buddhism under Huiguo. He founded the monastery on Mt Koya and taught buddhahood in this very body.
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Source: 秘蔵宝鑰 (830年)、序Verified