Nature
So long and dreary is the road
Translated by William N. Porter (1909) · From A Hundred Verses from Old Japan (Hyakunin Isshu), poem 60
Nature
So long and dreary is the road,
That I have never been
To Ama-no-Hashidate;
Pray, how could I have seen
The verses that you mean?
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MLA
Naishi, Koshikibu no. “So long and dreary is the road.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/koshikibu-no-naishi/0/.
Chicago
Naishi, Koshikibu no. “So long and dreary is the road.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/koshikibu-no-naishi/0/.