jaguar12345
06-06-2010, 11:26 PM
Death, in its grim mask wielding the pale moon
Silently drifts - beneath the calm whistle of the wind
A haunting vignette lingering by the water of the pond
Reflecting the ghosts of the withered leaves that gently
fall. . .
Disturbing the stillness of my slumbering soul
Coronals of rue bloom with a haunting jaw
Across the gibbet - this crag that shall mark my grave
Must the blade of chance deal the mortal blow
Suffer my spirit not be kindled by the raging
hate. . .
Destined bloodshed manifesting my brutal fate
The dawn shall reveal the birth of my wraith
Blood I must shed - marks my honor and faith
kaeraji to
kanete omoeba
azusayumi
nakikazu ni iru
na wo zotodomuru
I have a feeling
I will not be returning,
so among the names
of those who died by the bow
I inscribe my own.
---
Dedicated to Masatsura (the tanka is his death poem) and Masashige of the Kusunoki clan. Story Link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusunoki_Masashige). Tanka and its translation from Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusunoki_Masatsura).
Silently drifts - beneath the calm whistle of the wind
A haunting vignette lingering by the water of the pond
Reflecting the ghosts of the withered leaves that gently
fall. . .
Disturbing the stillness of my slumbering soul
Coronals of rue bloom with a haunting jaw
Across the gibbet - this crag that shall mark my grave
Must the blade of chance deal the mortal blow
Suffer my spirit not be kindled by the raging
hate. . .
Destined bloodshed manifesting my brutal fate
The dawn shall reveal the birth of my wraith
Blood I must shed - marks my honor and faith
kaeraji to
kanete omoeba
azusayumi
nakikazu ni iru
na wo zotodomuru
I have a feeling
I will not be returning,
so among the names
of those who died by the bow
I inscribe my own.
---
Dedicated to Masatsura (the tanka is his death poem) and Masashige of the Kusunoki clan. Story Link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusunoki_Masashige). Tanka and its translation from Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusunoki_Masatsura).