Sunday, March 17, 2013

Tenchi Tenno



Tenchi Tenno

Aki no ta no
Kariho no io no
Toma o arami
Waga koromode wa
Tsuyu ni nure tsutsu




Emperor Tenchi

Coarse the rush-mat roof
Sheltering the harvest-hut
Of the autumn rice-field;
And my sleeves are growing wet
With the moisture dripping through.


from                                 
the entire book can be found at 
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/hyakunin/noJIS/hyaku1.html

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