The Gone, Growing in Number

They were here, are gone.
And the gone, growing in number.
In this forlorn world,
I wonder how long,
Sighing, I will go on.

Ono no Komachi (834?-?), Heian era, near the end of her days

The Gone, Growing in Number
Original Text and Alternative Translation

在るは亡く
亡きは数そふ
世中に
哀れ何れの
日まで嘆かん

Aru wa naku
Naki wa kazusou^‡
Yo no naka ni
Aware izure no
Hi made nagekan