Nature
I wandered forth this moonlight night
Translated by William N. Porter (1909) · From A Hundred Verses from Old Japan (Hyakunin Isshu), poem 57
Nature
I wandered forth this moonlight night,
And some one hurried by;
But who it was I could not see,—
Clouds driving o’er the sky
Obscured the moon on high.
Cite this poem
MLA
Shikibu, Murasaki. “I wandered forth this moonlight night.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/murasaki-shikibu/0/.
Chicago
Shikibu, Murasaki. “I wandered forth this moonlight night.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/murasaki-shikibu/0/.