Love
Short Stanza XXXII: Methinks my tenderness the grass must be
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1900) · From Short Stanzas
Love
Methinks my tenderness the grass must be,
Clothing some mountain desolate and lone;
For though it daily grows luxuriantly,
To ev'ry mortal eye 'tis still unknown.
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Codex Note
By Yoshiki.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XXXII: Methinks my tenderness the grass must be.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/73/.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XXXII: Methinks my tenderness the grass must be.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/73/.
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