Since I left her

created by Gamaliel
(thing) by Gamaliel (4.7 y) (print)   (I like it!) Sat Sep 16 2000 at 3:03:31
Mibu no Tadamine

Since I left her,
Frigid as the setting moon,
There is nothing I loathe
As much as the light
Of dawn on the clouds.

Ari ake no
Tsure naku mieshi
Wakare yori
Aka tsuki bakari
Uki mono wa nashi

- translated by Kenneth Rexroth
from One Hundred Poems from the Japanese

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