Top 4 Takuboku Ishikawa Quotes

Japanese poet (1886-1912)

Ishikawa Takuboku (Japanese: 石川啄木) (February 20, 1886 – April 13, 1912) was a Japanese poet.

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Alternative Names: Hajime Ishikawa

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たはむれに母を背負ひて
そのあまり軽きに泣きて
三歩あゆまず

Kyoshitsu no
Mado yori nigete
Tada hitori
Kano shiro-ato ni
Ne ni yukishi ka na

With the troubled eyes of a youth
I envied
Birds flying—
Flying they sang.

Like to a stone
That rolls down a hill, I have come to this day.