Nature
Unfit to rule this wicked world
Translated by William N. Porter (1909) · From A Hundred Verses from Old Japan (Hyakunin Isshu), poem 95
Nature
Unfit to rule this wicked world
With all its pomp and pride,
I’d rather in my plain black robe
A humble priest abide,
Far up the mountain side.
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MLA
Jien. “Unfit to rule this wicked world.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jien/0/.
Chicago
Jien. “Unfit to rule this wicked world.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jien/0/.