PagineShort Stanza XXIII (Congratulations)
by Sosei · in Classical Poems of Japan
Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1880) · From Classical Poetry of Japan
If ever mortal in the days of yore
By Heav'n a thousand years of life was lent,
I wot not; but if never seen before,
Be thou the man to make the precedent.
This poem and this translation are in the public domain. Source text: Project Gutenberg.