(thing) by Gamaliel Fri Sep 15 2000 at 19:06:48
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

A strange old man
Stops me,
Looking out of my deep mirror.

Masu kagami
Soko naru kage ni
Mukai ite miru
Toki ni koso
Shiranu okina ni
Au kokochi sure

- translated by Kenneth Rexroth
from One Hundred Poems from the Japanese

I like it!

Log in or register to write something here or to contact authors.