Nature
Short Stanza III: Too lightly woven must the garments be
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1900) · From Short Stanzas
Nature
Too lightly woven must the garments be--
Garments of mist--that clothe the coming spring:--
In wild disorder see them fluttering
Soon as the zephyr breathes adown the lea.
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Codex Note
By Yukihara.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza III: Too lightly woven must the garments be.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/46/.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza III: Too lightly woven must the garments be.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/46/.
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