Love
The Maiden and the Dog
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1900) · From Love Songs
Love
As the bold huntsman on some mountain path
Waits for the stag he hopes may pass that way,
So wait I for my love both night and day:--
Then bark not at him, as thou fearest my wrath.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “The Maiden and the Dog.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/12/.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “The Maiden and the Dog.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/12/.
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