SANTŌKA: THREE POEMS
sakura sakura saku sakura chiru sakura
cherry tree
cherry blossoms
cherry blossoms scatter
narande takenoko take ni naritsutsu
side by side the bamboo shoots becoming bamboo
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mata miru koto mo nai yama ga tōzakaru
recedes
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From Santōka: A translation with photographic images (PIE Books, 2006). Translated from the Japanese by Emiko Miyashita and Paul Watsky. Reproduced by kind permission.
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