山河のせぜの岩波わきかへりおのれひとりや身をくだくらん
yamakawa no
seze no iwanami
wakikaeri
onore hitori ya
mi o kudakuran | In a mountain torrent’s
Rapids, waves upon the rocks
Burst and return—
Is it to be me, alone,
Whose very flesh is shattered? |
448
うきしづみはてはあわとぞ成りぬべき瀬瀬の岩波身をくだきつつ
ukishizumi
hate wa awa to zo
narinubeki
seze no iwanami
mi o kudakitsutsu | Rising and then sinking,
In the end, mere foam
Must they become,
The waves upon the rocks among the rapids:
Ever shattered is my very flesh… |
447
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