Nature
Short Stanza XI: Can I be dreaming? 'Twas but yesterday
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1900) · From Short Stanzas
Nature
Can I be dreaming? 'Twas but yesterday
We planted out each tender shoot again;
And now the autumn breeze sighs o'er the plain,
Where fields of yellow rice confess its sway.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XI: Can I be dreaming? 'Twas but yesterday.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/54/.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XI: Can I be dreaming? 'Twas but yesterday.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/54/.
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