Nature
Short Stanza XVIII: E'en when on earth the thund'ring gods held sway
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1900) · From Short Stanzas
Nature
E'en when on earth the thund'ring gods held sway
Was such a sight beheld?--Calm Tatsta's flood,
Stain'd, as by Chinese art, with hues of blood,
Rolls o'er Yamáto's peaceful fields away.
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Codex Note
By Narihira.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XVIII: E'en when on earth the thund'ring gods held sway.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/61/.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XVIII: E'en when on earth the thund'ring gods held sway.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/61/.
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