Nature
Spring
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1900) · From Miscellaneous Poems
Nature
When winter turns to spring,
The dews of morn in pearly radiance lie,
The mists of eve rise circling to the sky,
And Kaminábi's thickets ring
With the sweet notes the nightingale doth sing.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Spring.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/35/.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Spring.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/35/.
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