Saigyo Waka English Translation
Noriko Mizusaki
At my old age walking over
Mt. Sayono-nakayama
again
I had never imagined before
Oh! On my life! Oh! Life dear!
I am to cross the mount over
西行英訳
水崎野里子
年たけてまた越ゆべしと思いきや命なりけり小夜の中山
Toshi takete
mata koyubeshito
omoikiya
inochi narikeri
sayono nakayama
By SAIGYO:西行
(Saigyo was a one of the outstanding waka poets and a Buddhist monk, who lived in the 11th century of Japan)