Some Japanese Love Poetry

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((This is a poetic exchange between two lovers in the classical age of Japan. The man writes first; he is Prince Otsu. His bethroed, Lady Ishikawa, did not show up at a rendezvous, and so he sent her a poem. She replied with the second poem.))



Gentle foothills, and
in the dew drops of the mountains,
soaked, I waited for you--
grew wet from standing there
in the dew drops of the mountains.

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Waiting for me,
you grew wet there
in gentle foothills,
in the dew drops of the mountains--
I wish I'd been such drops of dew.

Comments

[bardcat.livejournal.com]

so lovely.