No.16 Promise at Parting
9th century. Yukihira Ason was the brother of Narihira Ason (poem 17).
Promise At Parting
Though we parted be;
If on Mount Inaba’s peak
I should hear the sound
Of the pine-trees growing there,
Back at once I’ll make my way.
Ariwara no Yukihira Ason
Tachi wakare
Inaba no yama no
Mine ni ofuru
Matsu to shi kikaba
Ima kaeri-kon.
Chūnagon Yukihira
About this poetry
At Salty Dog Digital we’ve decided to gradually republish Clay MacCauley’s translation of Single Songs of a Hundred Poets – a collection of japanese poetry from the seventh through thirteenth centuries. Sixty four of these poems are the rewards in our game fourtex zen.
No. 17 Autumn At Tatta River
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