by Taigu Ryōkan (1758 - 1831)
Translation by Johann Georg Fischer (1816 - 1897)

Snow heaps these hills
Language: English  after the Japanese (日本語) 
Snow heaps these hills, and no man comes this way;
Chill winds, this night, bemoan the winter's march 
And I, alone in these bare paths and this forgotten hut,
Have none with whom to share the mortal dreads 
That tear my soul, as I, forlorn and gray, 
Remain in utter solitude.

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