Why should I be bitter
About someone who was
A complete stranger
Until a certain moment
In a day that has passed.
Food for thought.....everyone is a stranger until that certain moment when we meet. We lived with out them prior to knowing them quite happily and after meeting them we become dependent......
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
''We lived with out them prior to knowing them quite happily and after meeting them we become dependent.'' [from Milica's comment, below] Indeed it is not this one the concept expressed by Saigyo's waka.. Just the opposite. The point is ''In a day that has passed'' - and also that ''someone'' has passed, along with that day..