Nature
The village of my youth is gone
Translated by William N. Porter (1909) · From A Hundred Verses from Old Japan (Hyakunin Isshu), poem 35
Nature
The village of my youth is gone,
New faces meet my gaze;
But still the blossoms at thy gate,
Whose perfume scents the ways,
Recall my childhood’s days.
Cite this poem
MLA
Tsurayuki, Ki no. “The village of my youth is gone.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ki-no-tsurayuki/0/.
Chicago
Tsurayuki, Ki no. “The village of my youth is gone.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ki-no-tsurayuki/0/.