なよ竹のちぢのさ枝のはは枝のそのふしふしによよはこもれり
nayotake no
chiji no sa’eda no
haha’eda no
sono fushifushi ni
yoyo wa komoreri | The young bamboo has
A thousand, thousand branches
Dividing from each other,
All of their joints
Encompass many ages. |
666
なよ竹のななのももそぢおいぬれどやそのちふしは色もかはらず
nayotake no
nana no momosoji
oinuredo
yaso no chifushi wa
iro mo kawarazu | The young bamboo
Seven hundred years of
Age has reached, yet
O’er eighty thousand joints
Will its hues remain unchanged! |
665
'Simply moving and elegant'
