Living
Short Stanza XXVI: Miyako-bird! if not in vain men give
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1900) · From Short Stanzas
Living
Miyako-bird! if not in vain men give
Thy pleasing name, my question deign to hear:--
And has she pass'd away, my darling dear,
Or doth she still for Narihira live?
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Codex Note
By Narihira.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XXVI: Miyako-bird! if not in vain men give.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/69/.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XXVI: Miyako-bird! if not in vain men give.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/69/.
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