Mar 12, 2007 13:00
because it feels like spring...
this evening the mist is trailing on Heavenly Kagu Mountain/I see that spring has surely arrived
-from the Man'yoshu
I'm not sure if this is even about spring (it may be a summer harvest poem), and the translation is very loose....
going to the gromwell field in the red dawn light, going to the marked field in the red dawn light, the guardian of the field--will he not see you, you who wave your sleeves?
-also from the Man'yoshu