Sosho Poem

[Ed]

Just wondering if I can get a translation of this poem.  Bought it for my daughter and would like to be able to tell her what it says if possible.

 

Thanks, Ed.

 

 

[Ed]

Looking at the above photos, wasn't sure if they were sufficient to read.  Took a few additional shots.

[Baka Gaijin]

Hi Ed,

 

Line 2 from the right, could that be Hiragana?

 

さ

く

ら

 

[SteveM]

I think it is (from the right, top to bottom)

 

明治天皇御製

さしのぼる朝日のごとく さわやかに

もたまほしきはこころなりけり

 

Poem by Emperor Meiji

 

The morning sun

Rises so splendidly

Into the sky;

Oh,that we could attain

Such a clear reviving soul!

[Baka Gaijin]

Wow!! Steve,

 

You Da Man!!      

 

(at least I got さ........  )

 

However, I'll take a stab at what the script reads as:

 

Meiji Ten'nō gyosei

明治天皇御製

Sashinoboru Asahi nogotoku sawayaka ni 

さしのぼる 朝日 のごとく さわやか に

Mota ma  hoshiki wa kokoronarikeri

もた ま   ほしき は こころなりけり

[Ed]

 

 

Thank you both for your time and effort, much appreciated.

Ed

[Baka Gaijin]

Hi again Ed, 

 

If you want to read all 125 poems that the Emperor Meiji wrote, they are here as a PDF, courtesy of Franz Stein and Joao Magalhaes of ihreiki.com

 

http://ihreiki.com/images/downloads/meijipoems.pdf

[Ed]

Thanks Malcolm, great link !!