Kaguyama

Poem composed by Emperor Jomei.
probably around 630. on climbing
Kaguyama

Among Yamato's clustered hills

It is close-by Ama no Kaguyama

That I climb and stand to view the land

Here and there curls of smoke rise from the plain

And gulls take wing from the lakes. endlessly

Yes. a sweet country it is

This dragonfly isle. this land of Yamato

Man'yoshu 2




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Authoring: Yasuhito Kakiya

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