As I row over the plain

Translation by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982)

わたの原/ こぎ出でて見れば

Language: Japanese (日本語)

わたの原
こぎ出でて見れば
久方の
雲ゐいにまがうごう
おきつしらなみ

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by Fujiwara no Tadamichi (1097 - 1164) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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Also set in Japanese (日本語), a translation by Fujiwara no Tadamichi (1097 - 1164) ; composed by Sheena Phillips.
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ENG English (Kenneth Rexroth) , no title, appears in One Hundred Poems from the Japanese, no. 75

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As I row over the plain

Language: English after the Japanese (日本語)

As I row over the plain 
Of the sea and gaze
Into the distance, the waves 
Merge with the bright sky.

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Confirmed with Kenneth Rexroth, One Hundred Poems from the Japanese, New York : New Directions Books, 1964

Text Authorship:

by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982), no title, appears in One Hundred Poems from the Japanese, no. 75 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Japanese (日本語) by Fujiwara no Tadamichi (1097 - 1164)
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-07-04
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Word count: 21