Page 2. Craws--corrected to Crows
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11. Stretching my legs
To the light of a westering sun.
(Nagedashite/ mada hi no aru ashi)
12. Walking with a dragonfly
Resting on my sedge-hat.
(Kasa ni tombo wo/ tomarasete/ aruku)
13. It's a straight road
That makes me feel lonely. (It's a lonely road that has no turning.)
(Massuguna michi de/ samishii)
14. In silence
I put on straw sandals for today.
(Damatte/ kyo no waraji haku)
15. Late autumn rain's falling;
I have yet to die.
(Shigururu ya/ shinanai de iru)
16. My shadow on the water,
Traveler I am.
(Mizu ni kage aru/ tabibito de aru)
17. Late autumn rain's falling
Into the mountain,
Towards which I go on walking.
(Shigururu ya/ shigururu yama e/ ayumi iru)
18. Buds of trees,
Buds of grasses,
I keep on walking.
(Kinome/ kusanome/ aruki tsuzukeru)
19. I've survived--
Scratching my body.
(Iki nokotta karada/ kaite iru)
20. Mountains I've left for good
Are going out of sight.
(Mata miru koto mo nai yama ga/ toozakaru)
-------More will follow next time; Translated by Takashi Nonin.
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