Nature
Short Stanza XX: When from the skies, that wintry gloom enshrouds
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1900) · From Short Stanzas
Nature
When from the skies, that wintry gloom enshrouds,
The blossoms fall and flutter round my head,
Methinks the spring e'en now his light must shed
O'er heavenly lands that lie beyond the clouds.
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Codex Note
By Fukayabu.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XX: When from the skies, that wintry gloom enshrouds.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/63/.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XX: When from the skies, that wintry gloom enshrouds.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/63/.
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