1. Home »
  2. World Poets »
  3. Yamabe no Akahito

the mists rise over

by Yamabe no Akahito

Yamabe no Akahito

The mists rise over
The waters at Asuka;
Memory does not
Pass away so easily.

~~
Asuka gawa
Kawa yodo sarazu
Tatsu kiri no
Omoi sugu beki
Koi ni aranuku ni




Quotes of the Day

A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.
• Rupert Brooke


Poems of the Day
  • John Vance Cheney
    The Past
    by John Vance Cheney
    Hast heard those voices low that fare, Unpiloted, along the heights of air, — Far melodies, too faint for light, Alone on upper pathways of the night? The past calls in so sweet a tone