The Little Treasury of One Hundred People, One Poem Each: by Fujiwara no Teika
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Who am I to review the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu? One of the most popular poetry anthologies in Japanese literature. Rather, I want to just sit at its feet and learn. If I even can.
Here’s my favorite, by Fujiwara no Akisuke:
In this autumn wind
That flings its tent roof of clouds
Across the evening
A tattered rent lets escape
The full, bright disk of the moon.
(I have the Tom Galt translation.)
Crazy beautiful.