poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

Steeper and steeper.
I know she thinks of me, far off,
And wilts with longing, like summer grass.
Maybe if the mountains would bow down
I could see her again,
Standing in our doorway.

translated by Kenneth Rexroth

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