From a boat in midstream the aspens flanking Togetele
flare in season with their orange fire.
The rising shadow of falling darkness shrouds the hills at their roots
while peaks are full of light in the low sun.
Toward the village downstream a traveler presses the throttle and hurries
toward the one who stands barefoot upon the bank.

(Mimuro no yama wa iro masarikeri
kure kakaru mine ni hikage no sasu mama ni
konata no sato o isogu tabibito)