Nature

I’m sleeping all alone, and hear

Translated by William N. Porter (1909) · From A Hundred Verses from Old Japan (Hyakunin Isshu), poem 91

Nature

I’m sleeping all alone, and hear
The crickets round my head;
So cold and frosty is the night,
That I across the bed
My koromo have spread.

Cite this poem

MLA

Yoshitsune, Kujō. “I’m sleeping all alone, and hear.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/kujo-yoshitsune/0/.

Chicago

Yoshitsune, Kujō. “I’m sleeping all alone, and hear.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/kujo-yoshitsune/0/.