Nature
Too short the lovely summer night
Translated by William N. Porter (1909) · From A Hundred Verses from Old Japan (Hyakunin Isshu), poem 36
Nature
Too short the lovely summer night,
Too soon ’tis passed away;
I watched to see behind which cloud
The moon would chance to stay,
And here’s the dawn of day!
Cite this poem
MLA
Fukayabu, Kiyohara no. “Too short the lovely summer night.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/kiyohara-no-fukayabu/0/.
Chicago
Fukayabu, Kiyohara no. “Too short the lovely summer night.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/kiyohara-no-fukayabu/0/.