Love
Short Stanza XLVIII: "Love me, sweet girl! thy love is all I ask!"
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1900) · From Short Stanzas
Love
"Love me, sweet girl! thy love is all I ask!"
"Love thee?" she laughing cries; "I love thee not!"
"Why, then I'll cease to love thee on the spot,
Since loving thee is such a thankless task!"
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XLVIII: "Love me, sweet girl! thy love is all I ask!".” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/89/.
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Classical Japanese Poets. “Short Stanza XLVIII: "Love me, sweet girl! thy love is all I ask!".” Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-japanese-poets/89/.
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