Love
The Omen
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1900) · From Love Songs
Yes! 'twas the hour when all my hopes
Seemed idle as the dews that shake
And tremble in their lotus-cups
By deep Tsurúgi's lake--
'Twas then the omen said:--
"Fear not! he'll come his own dear love to wed."
What though my mother bids me flee
Thy fond embrace? No heed I take;
As pure, as deep my love for thee
As Kiyosúmi's lake.
One thought fills all my heart:--
When wilt thou come no more again to part?
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Classical Japanese Poets. “The Omen.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/20/.
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