Hyakunin Isshu #36
Thursday, 26 November 2009 08:07 On those summer nights
when it still seems late evening
but then it is dawn,
behind which of these clouds does
the moon find a place to sleep?
natsu yo no wa
mada yoi nagara
akenuru o
kumo no izuko ni
tsuki yadoru ran (or ramu)
---L.
when it still seems late evening
but then it is dawn,
behind which of these clouds does
the moon find a place to sleep?
—19 November 2009
Original by Kiyowara no Fukayabu, the great-grandfather of Sei Shonagon of The Pillow Book:natsu yo no wa
mada yoi nagara
akenuru o
kumo no izuko ni
tsuki yadoru ran (or ramu)
---L.