[Lika_k]

Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu
The deer on pine mountain,
Where there are no falling leaves,
Knows the coming of autumn
Only by the sound of his own voice.

(from "One Hundred Poems from the Japanese)

transl. by Kenneth Rexroth

Momiji senu
Tokiwa no yama ni
Sumu shika wa
Onore nakite ya
Aki wo shiruramu

@темы: 10, japanese, o, eastern