Ceaselessly
Falling the rains have swollen
Into a river of tears.
Yet only my sleeves are drenched,
With no way to meet you.
(Ki no Tsurayuki)
More Poetry from Ki no Tsurayuki:
- I've not set hand (Ki no Tsurayuki Poems)
- My thoughts are drawn (Ki no Tsurayuki Poems)
- The colour and the fragrance (Ki no Tsurayuki Poems)
- Twisting into thread (Ki no Tsurayuki Poems)
- When the spring has come (Ki no Tsurayuki Poems)
- With a song he tried to keep (Ki no Tsurayuki Poems)