2017-01-04

Buson - winter moon

 Buson
(1716 - 1784)

English and Irish version by Gabriel Rosenstock

winter moon --
bowing to a monk
on the bridge

gealach gheimhridh -
ag umhlú do mhanach
ar an droichead


winter muin -
cheek fir jowl
wi a monk on the brig

(Scots: John McDonald)