Nature
Be not displeased, but pardon me
Translated by William N. Porter (1909) · From A Hundred Verses from Old Japan (Hyakunin Isshu), poem 65
Nature
Be not displeased, but pardon me,
If still my tears o’erflow;
My lover ’s gone, and my good name,
Which once I valued so,
I fear must also go.
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MLA
Sagami. “Be not displeased, but pardon me.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sagami/0/.
Chicago
Sagami. “Be not displeased, but pardon me.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sagami/0/.