Nature
How desolate my former life
Translated by William N. Porter (1909) · From A Hundred Verses from Old Japan (Hyakunin Isshu), poem 43
Nature
How desolate my former life,
Those dismal years, ere yet
I chanced to see thee face to face;
’Twere better to forget
Those days before we met.
Cite this poem
MLA
Atsutada, Fujiwara no. “How desolate my former life.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fujiwara-no-atsutada/0/.
Chicago
Atsutada, Fujiwara no. “How desolate my former life.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fujiwara-no-atsutada/0/.