Versos English Nijōin no Sanuki Poem 92 (1Waga sode wa…)

English poem

Poem 92 (1Waga sode wa…)

by (1141–1217)

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1Waga sode wa Shiohi ni mienu 1Oki no ishi no Hito koso shirane Kawaku ma mo nashi. y sleeve is wet with floods of tears 1As here I sit and cry; ’Tis wetter than a low-tide rock, 1No one, howe’er he try, 1Can find a spot that ’s dry!