Love
On Parting from His Wife
Translated by Clara A. Walsh (1910) · From The Master-Singers of Japan
Love
Not yet, O Hill! high hill of Autumn scatter
Red leaves and gold athwart the distant view.
Let me gaze on, a little instant longer,
Where she I love leans toward me through the blue!
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MLA
Hitomaro, Kakinomoto no. “On Parting from His Wife.” Translated by Clara A. Walsh. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/kakinomoto-no-hitomaro/3/.
Chicago
Hitomaro, Kakinomoto no. “On Parting from His Wife.” Translated by Clara A. Walsh. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/kakinomoto-no-hitomaro/3/.
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