Ōe no Chisato
As I watch the moon
Shining on pain's myriad paths,
I know I am not
Alone involved in Autumn.

(from "One Hundred Poems from the Japanese)

transl. by Kenneth Rexroth

Tsuki mireba
Chiji ni mono koso
Kanashi kere
Waga mi hitotsu no
Aki mi wa aranedo