Versos English Lafcadio Hearn Love-Song

English poem

Love-Song

by (1850–1904)

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(Province of Mutsu,--district of Sugaru)

Washi no kokoro to Oki kuru fune wa, Raku ni misetemo, Ku ga taenu.

My heart and a ship in the offing--either seems to move with ease; yet in both there is trouble enough.