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Today we’re drawing from Chapter 19 of the Tale of Genji.
Sources:
Poems from Royall Tyler’s translation of The Tale of Genji:
“Now that I am torn from my little seedling pine and her years ahead,
when shall I with my own eyes see her as a mighty tree?”
“Since she first struck root in such deep, nurturing soil, let her add henceforth
her own thousand years to those of the Takekuma pine.”
Poems from Waley’s translation of The Tale of Genji:
“Were all my prayers in vain, or shall I live to see the two-leaved pine from which today I part spread mighty shadows on the earth?”
“Like the little pine-tree that at Takekuma from the big one grows, grafted to my deep roots long shall this stripling thrive secure.”
Poems from Seidensticker’s translation of The Tale of Genji:
“It is taken away, the seedling pine, so young,
When shall I see it grandly shading the earth?”
“A seedling, yes, but with the roots to give
The thousand years of the pines of Takekuma.”
Poems from Washburn’s translation of The Tale of Genji:
“Its future lies in the far off distance
This pine seedling being taken from me
When will I see it spread its splendid shade?
“Because the seedling’s roots have grown so deep
It will bring a thousand years of fortune
To the twin-trunked pine of Takekuma”
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