seven poems from the first 50 poems of ‘100 Poems By The Japanese’
100 Poems By The Japanese by Kenneth Rexroth
4:
On Fujiyama
Under the midsummer moon
The snow melts, and falls
Again in the same night.
by Yamabe No Akahito
5:
The mists rise over
The still pools at Asoka
Memory does not
Pass away so easily.
by Yamabe No Akahito
11:
In a gust of wind the white dew
On the Autumn grass
Scatters like a broken necklace.
by Bunya No Asayasu
12:
As I watch the moon
Shining on pain’s myriad paths,
I know I am not
Alone involved in Autumn.
by Oe No Chisato
21:
Your hair has turned white
While your heart stayed
Knotted against me.
I shall never
Loosen it now.
by Hitomaro
39:
I love and fear him
Steadily as the surf
Roars on the coast at Ise.
by Lady Kasa
44:
Imperceptible
It withers in the world,
This flower-like human heart.
by Komachi
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