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Lines to a Friend
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1900) · From Miscellaneous Poems
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Japan is not a land where men need pray,
For 'tis itself divine:--
Yet do I lift my voice in prayer and say:--
"May ev'ry joy be thine!
And may I too, if thou those joys attain,
Live on to see thee blest!"
Such the fond prayer, that, like the restless main,
Will rise within my breast.
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By Hitomaro.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Lines to a Friend.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/38/.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Lines to a Friend.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/38/.
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