Kokinshu #838
Thursday, 24 December 2009 07:07![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lnhammer Though I do not know
whether I have a tomorrow,
for today, at least,
I am caught up in grieving
for one whose twilight has come.
asu shiranu
wa ga mi to omoedo
kurenu ma no
kyou wa hito koso
kanashikarikere
---L.
whether I have a tomorrow,
for today, at least,
I am caught up in grieving
for one whose twilight has come.
—15-22 December 2009
Original by Ki no Tsurayuki, mourning for his cousin and co-editor of the Kokinshu, Ki no Tomomori. I'm still struggling with the final verb, which is my fourth line: it has (or seems to) continuative and intensive aspects, which I haven't been able to express without recourse to added metaphor. Also, I'm not sure I've put "twilight/darkening" in the right place. Or maybe it's doing double duty?asu shiranu
wa ga mi to omoedo
kurenu ma no
kyou wa hito koso
kanashikarikere
---L.