Composed on the heavens.
天の海に雲の波立ち月の舟星の林に漕ぎ隱る見ゆ
| amë nö umi kumo nö nami tati tukï nö pune posi nö payasi ni kögi kömoru miyu |
On the sea of the heavens Waves of cloud arise, The moon-a boat- Amongst a forest of stars Rows on, hidden, or so it seems. |
Anonymous
FYI
天の海に 雲の波立ち 月の舟 星の林に 漕ぎ隠る見ゆ
I believe this is 柿本人麻呂s’ waka from 万葉集 巻７ 1068.
Thank you so much for your great work. They are very helpful.
Best regards,
Meg
Meg, I think you are correct. The University of Virginia e-text of the Man’yōshū attributes this poem to the personal poetry collection of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro:
[左注]右一首柿本朝臣人麻呂之歌集出
http://jti.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/manyoshu/AnoMany.html