Fujiwara no Michi-nobu Ason
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A Hundred Verses from Old Japan (The Hyakunin-isshu), tr. by William N. Porter, [1909], at sacred-texts.com
p. 52
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THE MINISTER MICHI-NOBU FUJIWARA
FUJIWARA NO MICHI-NOBU ASON
Akenureba
Kururu mono to wa
Shiri nagara
Nao urameshiki
Asaborake kana.
Kururu mono to wa
Shiri nagara
Nao urameshiki
Asaborake kana.
ALTHOUGH I know the gentle night
Will surely follow morn,
Yet, when I'm wakened by the sun,
Turn over, stretch and yawn—
How I detest the dawn!
Michi-nobu lived in the tenth century. He is shown in the illustration with his wife on the verandah, watching the day break.
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