Classical Japanese Database

Text #83.

by #19. Saigyô (西行法師)

Season:

N/A  

Subject:

Loneliness  

Commentary:

So lonely!

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Japanese:

遥かなる
岩の狭間に
一人ゐて
人目思はで
物思はばや

Romanization:

Haruka naru
Iwa no hazama ni
Hitori ite
Hito me omowade
Mono owawabaya

Translation #84:

Living all alone
In this space between the rocks
Far from the city,
Here, where no one can see me,
I shall give myself to grief