WAKI,WAKI-TSURE "Anxiously, the men of the village make

their way back through the breaking waves, rowing their

boats to the inlet of Miho where fierce winds blow."

WAKI" My name is Hakuryo. I'm a fisherman in this place

called Miho by the groves of pine."

WAKI,WAKI-TSURE" Countless leagues from here, clouds

suddenly form on magnificently high mountains while

the full moon shines brightly on a lonely tower

where now the rain has ceased, revealing the sky.

It is indeed a peaceful time of day here too, in the

pine groves that wait for the fullness of Spring,

on a misty morning as waves plash against the shore,

in a heavenly paradise where the moon lingers.

Such a sight to one as uninitiated as I stuns the mind

and makes one wonder if it can be real."

(Translation by KLR)