Nature
Short Stanza I: Spring, spring has come, while yet the landscape bears
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1900) · From Short Stanzas
Nature
Spring, spring has come, while yet the landscape bears
Its fleecy burden of unmelted snow!
Now may the zephyr gently 'gin to blow,
To melt the nightingale's sweet frozen tears.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza I: Spring, spring has come, while yet the landscape bears.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/44/.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza I: Spring, spring has come, while yet the landscape bears.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/44/.
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