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Flowering when the sun is up,
Sleeping at night as after love.
Should your lady gaze on it alone?
I send this silk tree to him,
That my slave may see it, too.
Eighth-century love poem by Lady Ki, from the "Manyoshu" collection. Translated by Geoffrey Bownas and Anthony Thwaite in "Japanese Verse" (Penguin).
Sleeping at night as after love.
Should your lady gaze on it alone?
I send this silk tree to him,
That my slave may see it, too.
Eighth-century love poem by Lady Ki, from the "Manyoshu" collection. Translated by Geoffrey Bownas and Anthony Thwaite in "Japanese Verse" (Penguin).