A Hundred Verses from Old Japan/Poem 36

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4380355A Hundred Verses from Old Japan — Poem 36William Ninnis PorterKiyohara no Fukayabu

36


KIYOWARA NO FUKA-YABU

Natsu no yo wa
Mada yoi nagara
Akenuru wo
Kumo no izuko ni
Tsuki yadoruramu.


FUKA-YABU KIYOWARA

Too short the lovely summer night,
Too soon ’tis passed away;
I watched to see behind which cloud
The moon would chance to stay,
And here’s the dawn of day!


Nothing is known of this writer, except that he was the father of the author of verse No. 42.