Nature
Oh! rippling River Izumi
Translated by William N. Porter (1909) · From A Hundred Verses from Old Japan (Hyakunin Isshu), poem 27
Nature
Oh! rippling River Izumi,
That flows through Mika plain,
Why should the maid I saw but now
And soon shall see again
Torment my love-sick brain?
Cite this poem
MLA
Kanesuke, Fujiwara no. “Oh! rippling River Izumi.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fujiwara-no-kanesuke/0/.
Chicago
Kanesuke, Fujiwara no. “Oh! rippling River Izumi.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fujiwara-no-kanesuke/0/.