diff --git a/translations/tomino.mdwn b/translations/tomino.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1c19a5a --- /dev/null +++ b/translations/tomino.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +[[!meta title="Tomino's Hell" author="Saijo Yaso"]] + +From the Sakin poetry collection + +His older sister spits blood, his younger sister breathes fire, + +and poor Tomino spits his soul. + +Tomino falls into hell alone, + +a dark ashen hell without flowers. + +Is the one striking the whip Tomino's older sister? + +Who's bleached it red, I wonder? + +Hit and hit harder, don't forget to stop, + +an endless hell down one road. + +I'll leave you to guide him to this dark hell, + +where gold sheep and nightingales lie. + +Stash everything into this sack until it's filled up, + +prepare yourself for this endless hell. + +Spring be coming, in the forest, in the valley, + +the swirling vortex leading to hell. + +Nightingale in the cage, sheep in the wagon, + +poor Tomino starts to cry. + +Cry, beautiful voice of the nightingale, to the forest's rain, + +yelling, longing to see his younger sister. + +Crying echoing through the soul reverberates through hell, + +Kitsune-no-botan[[!template id=fnref t=1]] flowers bloom. + +Hellish torrent destroying the earth, + +poor Tomino's lonesome journey. + +If they're in Hell bring them, + +in the mountain of nails bring me the one that will pin them down. + +Don't stab with the red nail though, + +the sign of poor Tomino. + +# Notes + +
+[[!template id=fnend t=1 content=""" +Kitsune-no-botan are a kind of flower that is very tiny and grows in the +rainforests and rice paddies of Japan and China."""]] +