Versos English Shun'e Poem 85 (1Yomosugara…)

English poem

Poem 85 (1Yomosugara…)

by (1113–1191)

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1Yomosugara Mono omou koro wa 1Ake yarade Neya no hima sae Tsurena kari keri. ll through the never-ending night 1I lie awake and think; In vain I look to try and see 1The daybreak’s feeble blink 1Peep through the shutter’s chink.