Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Asia: Vols. XXI–XXIII. 1876–79. | | | | Japan: Fujiyama, the Mountain | | Fujiyama | | From the Japanese |
| | Anonymous translation
HEAVEN above from earth below | |
| Long ago the gods have parted, | |
| Henceforth hiding far from men. | |
| Round the hoary peak sublimely | |
| Towering o’er Surúga’s land, | 5 |
| Fuji’s venerated mountain, | |
| All the wide-arched azure sky | |
| Though thou search with wistful gaze | |
| Of the hastening sun’s bright track, | |
| Not a glimpse shalt thou enjoy; | 10 |
| Nor of gentlier beaming moon | |
| Hail the shadow-fringing shimmer; | |
| Fleecy clouds are hovering, | |
| Hovering round the high bare summit, | |
| Veiling it from mortal ken. | 15 |
| Hath thereon the white snow fallen? | |
| Wouldst thou of the lofty gods | |
| Know the annals, only Fuji | |
| Can the secret story tell thee. | | | | |
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