Love
Short Stanza XXXVI: So frail our life, perchance to-morrow's sun
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1900) · From Short Stanzas
Love
So frail our life, perchance to-morrow's sun
May never rise for me. Ah! well-a-day!
Till comes the twilight of the sad to-day,
I'll mourn for thee, O thou beloved one!
✦ ✦ ✦
Codex Note
By Tsurayuki.
Cite this poem
MLA
Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XXXVI: So frail our life, perchance to-morrow's sun.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/77/.
Chicago
Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XXXVI: So frail our life, perchance to-morrow's sun.” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/77/.
Read this poem with the Codex →