Love and Waterfalls
山河の滝ははやくもおもほえず恋の涙ぞおちまさりける
yamakawa no
taki wa hayaku mo
omohoezu
koi no namida zo
ochimasarikeru | A mountain river’s
Waterfall flows swift
Wouldn’t you think, but
The tears of my love
Faster fall by far. |
Kinoshita Takafumi
An ancient temple’s bell.
波の音にうちまじりても聞えけり石山寺の入あひのかね
nami no oto ni
uchimajiritemo
kikoekeri
ishiyamadera no
iriai no kane | With it the sound of waves
Is blended, yet
I heard it still—
At Ishiyamadera
The tolling of the sunset bell. |
Kinoshite Takafumi
'Simply moving and elegant'