Nature
Our sleeves, all wet with tears, attest
Translated by William N. Porter (1909) · From A Hundred Verses from Old Japan (Hyakunin Isshu), poem 42
Nature
Our sleeves, all wet with tears, attest
That you and I agree
That to each other we’ll be true,
Till Pine-tree Hill shall be
Sunk far beneath the sea.
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MLA
Motosuke, Kiyohara no. “Our sleeves, all wet with tears, attest.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/kiyohara-no-motosuke/0/.
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Motosuke, Kiyohara no. “Our sleeves, all wet with tears, attest.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/kiyohara-no-motosuke/0/.