English poem
Poem 92 (1Waga sode wa…)
by Nijōin no Sanuki (1141–1217)
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!