Wakayama Bokusui

Hi everyone.

I'm mostly a sneaker when it comes to forums. But I kind of need a little help, that's why I'm posting.

I need to know how this this poem by Wakayama Bokusui was "originally" written (in Kanji/Hiragana):

Iku yamakawa
Koesari yukaba
Sabishisa no
Hatenan kuni zo
Kyou mo tabi yuku


Have searched for literature at my university that might contain this poem without success.

Thank you for the help.

It seems to be this:

ﾅ?ﾃｴﾅｽR窶ｰﾃ坂?堋ｱ窶堋ｦ窶堋ｳ窶堙ｨ窶堙､窶堋ｩ窶堙寂?堋ｳ窶堙鯛?堋ｵ窶堋ｳ窶堙
窶堙坂?堙??堙遺?堙楪坂?倪?堋ｼ窶堋ｯ窶堙凪?堙?窶板ｷ窶堙､窶堋ｭ

And then continues:

窶堋ｯ窶堙凪?堙?窶堙懌?堋ｽ窶堋ｱ窶堋ｱ窶堙ｫ窶堙個湘樞?堙ｰ窶堋､窶堋ｿ窶禿や?堙ｧ窶堋ｵ
窶堋､窶堋ｿ窶禿や?堙ｧ窶堋ｵ窶堙や?堙や?堋?窶堋ｭ窶堋ｪ窶堙ｪ窶堙?行窶堋ｭ

From 窶ｰﾃ､窶堋ｪﾅ津娯?ｹﾂｽ窶堙最?ﾃｴﾅｽR窶ｰﾃ梗/URL].

Thanks a lot for the fast reply Glenn.

And how would you translate the last part into English?

I'm not totally sure, but maybe something like "again today my heart is struck; I wander about, as my heart is struck." The poetic nature of the bell of one's heart being rung (窶堋ｱ窶堋ｱ窶堙ｫ窶堙個湘樞?堙ｰ窶堋､窶堋ｿ窶禿や?堙ｧ窶堋ｵ) is a bit hard for me to put into English, so my translation probably isn't all that good. And I don't know what would be ringing it. It may be intentionally ambiguous, just saying that something did, and that's all that's important.

But anyway, that happens, and the author is struck by something, so goes out and wanders around. That seems to be the gist of it. Maybe someone else will do better.

Jenneh said:

Hi everyone.
I'm mostly a sneaker when it comes to forums. But I kind of need a little help, that's why I'm posting.
I need to know how this this poem by Wakayama Bokusui was "originally" written (in Kanji/Hiragana):
Iku yama kawa
Koesari yuu Kaba
Sabishii sa no
Hatenan kuni so
Kyou mou tabi ni yuku
Have searched for literature at my university that might contain this poem without success.
Thank you for the help.

Click to expand...

There seems to be several different versions of the description of the poem.

ﾅ?ﾃｴﾅｽR窶ｰﾃ坂?ｰz窶堋ｦ窶堋ｳ窶堙ｨﾂ行窶堋ｩ窶堙芝ｽﾃ｢窶堋ｵ窶堋ｳ窶堙個終ﾂ（窶堙債）窶堙??堙遺?堙楪坂?倪?堋ｼﾂ債｡窶愿ｺﾂ（窶堋ｯ窶堙督）窶堙?窶板ｷ窶堙､窶堋ｭ
This is the one printed in his anthology ﾅ?C窶堙個青ｺ and 窶｢ﾃ岩?板｣. The readings 窶堙 and 窶堋ｯ窶堙 was given alongside the kanji.
http://umi-no-hon.officeblue.jp/emag/data/wakayama-bokusui01%95%CA%97%A3.html

ﾅ?ﾃｴﾅｽRﾂ静ｬﾂ 窶堋ｱ窶堋ｦ窶堋ｳ窶堙ｨﾂ行窶堋ｩ窶堙篠 ﾅｽﾃ｢窶堋ｵ窶堋ｳ窶堙個 窶堙坂?堙??堙遺?堙楪坂?倪?堋ｼﾂ 窶堋ｯ窶堙凪?堙?窶板ｷ窶堙､窶堋ｭ
And this is the one in his calligraphy.
http://www.miyazaki-catv.ne.jp/~mmh-s/contents2.html#kansho2


By the way, the romaji you gave us has some typos.;-)

Iku yamakawa
Koesari yukaba
Sabishisa no
Hatenan kuni zo
Kyou mo tabi yuku

Thanks for correcting the romanji.

The issue with your link is that I can not understand enough (at the moment). Thank you anyway.



Edit: It seems that there are not a lot written about Wakayama and his poems in English, sadly.

Here are a few English translations of his poems from a book "Jﾆ置ﾆ停?愴狸ﾆ誰ﾂ ﾂ〜窶ｰpﾅ津ｪ窶堙?出窶ｰﾃｯ窶堋｢ﾂ、窶愿ｺ窶怒ﾅ津ｪ窶堙ｰ窶督｡窶堙ｭ窶堋､窶督ｼﾂ催ｬ50" edited by Robert Campbell.

ﾅ?ﾃｴﾅｽR窶ｰﾃ債 窶ｰz窶堋ｦ窶堋ｳ窶堙ｨﾂ行窶堋ｩ窶堙篠 ﾅｽﾃ｢窶堋ｵ窶堋ｳ窶堙個 ﾂ終ﾂ（窶堙債）窶堙??堙遺?堙楪坂?倪?堋ｼﾂ ﾂ債｡窶愿ｺﾂ（窶堋ｯ窶堙督）窶堙?窶板ｷﾂ行窶堋ｭ
How many hills and rivers to cross before I reach the land where lonelieness ends - today too I travel on.

窶堙遺?堙や?堋ｩ窶堋ｵ窶堋ｫﾂ ﾂ春窶堙固ｽR窶堋ｩ窶堙按 ﾅｽR窶堋ｷ窶堋ｻ窶堙ｰﾂ 窶堙ｭ窶堙ｪ窶堙坂?板ｷﾂ人ﾂ ﾅ誰窶堋ｨ窶堙?窶堋｢ﾂ行窶堋ｭ
This nostalgic springtime mountain - I'm the traveller, you're what's on my mind, as I travel to the base.

窶昶?吮?卍ｹﾂ（窶堋ｵ窶堙ｧ窶堙??堙ｨﾂ）窶堙債 ﾋ?｣窶堋ｵ窶堋ｩ窶堙ｧ窶堋ｸ窶堙｢ﾂ 窶ｹﾃｳ窶堙個静つ ﾅ?C窶堙娯?堋?窶堙ｰ窶堙俄?堙?ﾂ ﾂ静ｵ窶堙懌?堋ｸ窶堋ｽ窶堋ｾ窶堙ｦ窶堙
The white bird - how sad it seems, drifting along unstained by the blue of the sky, the blue of the sea.

ﾂ静壺?｢ﾂｫﾂ（窶堋ｭ窶堋ｿ窶堙δ）窶堋ｭ窶堙ｩﾂ 窶堙ｭ窶堙ｪ窶堙ｧ窶堋ｪ窶堙懌?堋ｦ窶堙可 窶｢ﾂ｣ﾂ（窶堙坂?堙?）窶堙?窶堙遺?堋､ﾂ ﾅ?C窶堙絶?堙ｧ窶堋ｯ窶堋ｽ窶堙ｨﾂ ﾂ神窶堙ｦ窶堋｢窶堋ｸ窶堋ｱ窶堙
Our lips interwine and in front of us the endless sea spreads out - where are the God?


The linked page below contains a short comment on Bokusui and his poems.
Ｊブンガク第30回 『海の声』 (番組オフィシャルさん作成)｜語学学習コミュニティ ゴガクル英語


And here is the list of the English translations of Bokusui's poems owned by National Diet Library.
英文で短歌を読みたい。若山牧水のもの。 | レファレンス協同データベース