Nature
O’ercome with pity for this world
Translated by William N. Porter (1909) · From A Hundred Verses from Old Japan (Hyakunin Isshu), poem 86
Nature
O’ercome with pity for this world,
My tears obscure my sight;
I wonder, can it be the moon
Whose melancholy light
Has saddened me to-night?
Cite this poem
MLA
Saigyō. “O’ercome with pity for this world.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/saigyo/0/.
Chicago
Saigyō. “O’ercome with pity for this world.” Translated by William N. Porter. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/saigyo/0/.