Искусствоед
Hitomaro?
I waite for my
Lover until I could hear
In the night the oars of the boat
Crossing the River of Heaven*.
(from "One Hundred Poems from the Japanese)
transl. by Kenneth Rexroth
Waga seko ni
Urakoi oreba
Ama no gawa
Yobune kogi toyomu
Kaji no to kikoyu
*oars of the boat Crossing the River of Heaven - refers to the seventh night of the seventh month, on which the Herd Boy, Altair, crosss the Milky Way to visit the Weaving Girl, Vega, from whom he is separated all the rest of the year. It is usually said that the magpies link their wings and form a bridge by which the lovers can cross, but sometimes the use a boat.
I waite for my
Lover until I could hear
In the night the oars of the boat
Crossing the River of Heaven*.
(from "One Hundred Poems from the Japanese)
transl. by Kenneth Rexroth
Waga seko ni
Urakoi oreba
Ama no gawa
Yobune kogi toyomu
Kaji no to kikoyu
*oars of the boat Crossing the River of Heaven - refers to the seventh night of the seventh month, on which the Herd Boy, Altair, crosss the Milky Way to visit the Weaving Girl, Vega, from whom he is separated all the rest of the year. It is usually said that the magpies link their wings and form a bridge by which the lovers can cross, but sometimes the use a boat.