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Kokinshu #174
Tuesday, 6 December 2011 07:02 (Topic unknown.)
O ferryboatman
on the bank of the Endless
River of Heaven,
if my lord has crossed over,
keep your oar hidden away!
hisakata no
ama no kawara no
watashimori
kimi watarinaba
kaji kakushite yo
---L.
O ferryboatman
on the bank of the Endless
River of Heaven,
if my lord has crossed over,
keep your oar hidden away!
—6 November 2011
(Original author unknown.) The first two lines of the original (my l.2-3) are almost the same as #173.3-4 (my last line and a half), and now the speaker is explicitly the Weaver Maid. How the Oxherd crosses the River comes in many variations: here it's by boat (and wouldn't I like to know the ferryman's story, such as what he does the rest of the year), but in other stories, it's a bridge of autumn leaves or (most romantically) magpie wings.hisakata no
ama no kawara no
watashimori
kimi watarinaba
kaji kakushite yo
---L.