Versos English Fujiwara no Mototoshi Poem 75 (1Chigiri okishi…)

English poem

Poem 75 (1Chigiri okishi…)

by (1060–1142)

Listen in the reader

1Chigiri okishi Sasemo ga tsuyu wo 1Inochi nite Aware kotoshi no Aki mo inumeri. t is a promise unfulfilled, 1For which I humbly sue; The dainty little mugwort plant 1Relies upon the dew, 1And I rely—on you.