Nature
Long is the mountain pheasant’s tail
Translated by William N. Porter (1909) · From A Hundred Verses from Old Japan (Hyakunin Isshu), poem 3
Nature
Long is the mountain pheasant’s tail
That curves down in its flight;
But longer still, it seems to me,
Left in my lonely plight,
Is this unending night.
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MLA
Hitomaro, Kakinomoto no. “Long is the mountain pheasant’s tail.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/kakinomoto-no-hitomaro/5/.
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Hitomaro, Kakinomoto no. “Long is the mountain pheasant’s tail.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/kakinomoto-no-hitomaro/5/.
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