Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
In the empty mountains
The leaves of the
bamboo grass
Rustle in the wind.
I think of a girl
Who is not here.
Sasa no ha wa
Miyama mo saya n
Sayagedomo
Ware wa imo omo
Wakare kinureba
- translated by Kenneth Rexroth
from One Hundred Poems from the Japanese