Kakinomoto no Hitomaro est un poète japonais de la fin de la période Asuka. Il est le plus important poète du Man'yōshū, en particulier dans les livres 1 et 2. Il est l'un des Trente-six grands poètes . Wikipedia
“Your hair has turned white
While your heart stayed
Knotted against me.
I shall never
Loosen it now.”
XXI, p. 23
Kenneth Rexroth's translations, One Hundred Poems from the Japanese (1955)
“This morning I will not
Comb my hair.
It has lain
Pillowed on the hand of my lover.”
XX, p. 22
Kenneth Rexroth's translations, One Hundred Poems from the Japanese (1955)
“I sit at home
In our room
By our bed
Gazing at your pillow.”
XXV, p. 27
Kenneth Rexroth's translations, One Hundred Poems from the Japanese (1955)
“Gossip grows like weeds
In a summer meadow.
My girl and I
Sleep arm in arm.”
XIX, p. 21
Kenneth Rexroth's translations, One Hundred Poems from the Japanese (1955)
XXII, p. 24
Kenneth Rexroth's translations, One Hundred More Poems from the Japanese (1976)
XXIII, p. 25
Kenneth Rexroth's translations, One Hundred Poems from the Japanese (1955)
XVII, p. 19
Kenneth Rexroth's translations, One Hundred Poems from the Japanese (1955)
