Fulfilment – Literary

30.00€

Teresa Guilleumes / Neus Forcano / Sònia Moll

LITERATURE

A Girl with Tangled Hair (Midaregami, translated by Jane Reichhold and Michiko Kobayashi, 2003. Author:Yosano Akiko

Introductory remarks:

“Your hands on my shoulders”: Crossing Boundaries through Short Poetic Forms.

きのふをば千とせの前の世とも思ひ御⼿なほ肩に有りとも思ふ

Yesterday now seems

a worlda thousand years ago…

or more.

But your hands on my shoulders

Ah! Those I can still feel.

YOSANO AKIKO, Midaregami (translated by Laurel L. Rodd)