Love
Short Stanza XXXI: Since that first night when, bath'd in hopeless tears
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1900) · From Short Stanzas
Love
Since that first night when, bath'd in hopeless tears,
I sank asleep, and he I love did seem
To visit me, I welcome ev'ry dream,
Sure that they come as heav'n-sent messengers.
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Codex Note
By Komachi.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XXXI: Since that first night when, bath'd in hopeless tears.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/72/.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XXXI: Since that first night when, bath'd in hopeless tears.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/72/.
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