HE WAKA POETRY OF THE EMPEROR MEIJI
GANJYO MATSU
Arashi fuku
Yo nimo ugokuna
Hito gokoro
Iwao ni nezasu
Matsu no gotokuni
A PINE TREE ON A ROCK
In a world of storms
Let there be no wavering
Of our human hearts;
Remain as the pine tree
With root sunk deep in stone.
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СОСНА
В мире грозовом
Пусть не заденет трепет
Сердца людские.
Знай – нерушима сосна,
С камнем слившись корнями.