Okina

Japanese



翁とてわびやは居らむ草も木も
  栄ゆる時に出でて舞ひてむ  


Okina tote wabi ya wa oram kusa mo ki mo
    sakayuru toki ni idete maitem       




Old man though I am 
Do I stay wabi?     
When grass and trees
Begin to flourish   
I shall go, dancing 



Owari no Hamanushi (733-after 846) Japanese dancer
In 845, Kyoto

From "Shoku Nihon Koki (続日本後紀)"

Okina (翁) : old man


18 Feb 2013 雨水 


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