Iku yama kawa
Koesari yuu Kaba
Sabishii sa no
Hatenan kuni so-
Kyou mou tabi ni yuku
Should I leave behind
How many mountain's rivers
A country to find
Where I may not feel lonely
Today too, my trip I'll do.
My humble very poor interpretation, (from japanese) of a lovely Tanka..I moved the words around to make them sound like a song but i'm afraid that I might not catch all the things it says..I tried..
I tried also to keep the pattern of the 5-7-5-7-7 syllables.Am not perfectly happy with it so if anyone has a better way or you find any mistake please notice me.Thank you
Elena Sandu
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tanka-by-wakayama-bokusui/
