Искусствоед
Ariwara no Narihira
Even in the age
Of the strong swift gods,
I never heard
Of waters like Tatsuta River*
Dyeed with blue and Chinese red.
(from "One Hundred Poems from the Japanese)
transl. by Kenneth Rexroth
Chihayaburu
Kami yo mo kikazu
Tatsuta gawa
Kara kurenai ni
Mizu kukuru to wa
* The reference, is to what we call tie-and-dye. The blue is uderstood as the ground color of red.
Even in the age
Of the strong swift gods,
I never heard
Of waters like Tatsuta River*
Dyeed with blue and Chinese red.
(from "One Hundred Poems from the Japanese)
transl. by Kenneth Rexroth
Chihayaburu
Kami yo mo kikazu
Tatsuta gawa
Kara kurenai ni
Mizu kukuru to wa
* The reference, is to what we call tie-and-dye. The blue is uderstood as the ground color of red.