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Kokinshu #382
Sunday, 28 April 2013 13:16 Written when a beloved friend came back to the capital after several years in Koshi, but returned again.
Returning Mountain,
what on earth are you good for?
All your name means is
that even if they do come,
they will not remain here.
kaeruyama
nani zo wa arite
aru kai wa
kite mo tomaranu
na ni koso arikeru
---L.
Returning Mountain,
what on earth are you good for?
All your name means is
that even if they do come,
they will not remain here.
—28 April 2013
Original by Ôshikôchi no Mitsune. The promised return of Returning Mountain (see #370). Colloquial translation reflects idiomatic phrasing.kaeruyama
nani zo wa arite
aru kai wa
kite mo tomaranu
na ni koso arikeru
---L.