Sone no Yoshitada's "A direction unknown"
by Frank Watson
My Translation


As a sailor crossing

The Yura strait

With a broken rudder:

Love’s path—fire, ash—

A direction unknown

 

 
Original Japanese
Pronunciation


曽禰好忠
Sone no Yoshitada


由良のとを
Yura no to o
わたる舟人
Wataru funabito
かぢをたえ
Kaji o tae
行く方もしらぬ
Yukue mo shiranu
恋の道かな
Koi no michi kana
  
Literal Translation


[Wherefore good = Yura strait] ’s and [doing]

[Cross over / go across] [sailor/boatman/passenger]

[Rudder/helm/fire] [die out/peter out/go extinct/bear/endure]

[Going direction = whereabouts/course/direction] [also] [know not]

Love’s path how!


All writings and translations are Copyright © by Frank Watson, also writing as "Blue Flute" (2011-2014).
Year: 
2011