PagineShort Stanza XX (Winter)
by Fukayabu · in Classical Poems of Japan
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1880) · From Classical Poetry of Japan
When from the skies, that wintry gloom enshrouds,
The blossoms fall and flutter round my head,
Methinks the spring e'en now his light must shed
O'er heavenly lands that lie beyond the clouds.
This poem and this translation are in the public domain. Source text: Project Gutenberg.