また見ることもない山が遠ざかる
mata miru koto mo nai yama ga tōzakaru
mata miru koto mo nai yama ga tōzakaru
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)
Mountains I'll never see again / Fade in the distance. (Tr. by John Stevens)
falling away behind me / mountains I’ll never see again (Tr. by Burton Watson)
This mountain, / Which I will never see again, / Becoming farther and farther away.
(Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)
Mountains I've left for good / Are going out of sight. (Tr. by Takashi Nonin)
The mountain I’ll never see again grows distant (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)
Getting further / from these mountains / I'll never see again (Tr. by Gilles Fabre)
