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. |
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Kinkai wakashū 665
KKS XVIII: 959
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木にもあらず草にもあらぬ竹のよのはしにわが身はなりぬべらなり
| ki ni mo arazu kusa ni mo aranu take no yo no hasi ni wa ga mi Fa narinuberanari | ’Tis not a tree, Nor yet a grass, but On bamboo stalks Brief as the space between the joints Does seem to be my fate… |
Anonymous
A certain person states that this is a poem by Prince Takatsu.