Natsukashi ya yuki furu mireba misotose wo sakarishi bokoku wo tada ni shinobitsu
How homesick I feel
as I watch the falling snow
it brings to mind exactly
the motherland I left
Some thirty years ago.
Zenge-in. Photo by Patrick Vierthaler. Licensed under CC by-NC 2.0.
Okigotatsu naka ni hasamite mikan nado mukitsu hanaseshi mukashi koishiki
Mikan and kotatsu. Photo by sakura_chihaya. Licensed under CC by-SA 2.0.
With a heated table
Between us, we would sit,
Peeling oranges, talking story –
How fondly I recall
Those times now long ago.
