In the past I saw them as strangers
but now when I think
my love is buried there,
I feel close to those Saho hills
translated by Hiroaki Sato & Burton Watson
the death of a loved one
Otomo no Yakamochi still grieving 1
And this
is all there is–
when my love and I
counted on a thousand years
translated by Hiroaki Sato & Burton Watson
on the loss of a loved one by Otomo no Yakamochi
The world is never
any more than just this–
I knew it all along,
but an aching heart
is still hard to bear
translated by Hiroaki Sato & Burton Watson
Leonard Durso 