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    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?

—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.

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As language practice, I like to translate poetry. My current project is Chinese, with practice focused on Tang Dynasty poetry. Previously this was classical Japanese, most recently working through the Kokinshu anthology (archived here). Suggestions, corrections, and questions always welcome.

There's also original pomes in the journal archives.

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