Two Poems
by Soseki Natsume
Inquire of the wind
Which of you must first depart,
You leaves about to fall.
Which of you must first depart,
You leaves about to fall.
How cooly refreshing
To become emperor of an island
With no subjects to vex me.
To become emperor of an island
With no subjects to vex me.
Translated, by Earl Roy Miner