Nature
My constancy to her I love
Translated by William N. Porter (1909) · From A Hundred Verses from Old Japan (Hyakunin Isshu), poem 49
Nature
My constancy to her I love
I never will forsake;
As surely as the Palace Guards
Each night their watch-fire make
And guard it till daybreak.
Cite this poem
MLA
Yoshinobu, Ōnakatomi no. “My constancy to her I love.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/onakatomi-no-yoshinobu/0/.
Chicago
Yoshinobu, Ōnakatomi no. “My constancy to her I love.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/onakatomi-no-yoshinobu/0/.