By Anonymus
translated by Graeme Wilson
You claim to be so modest
And I will not say you lie,
But no one wears a scarlet skirt
Expecting to get by
Without attracting notice
From the quicker kinds of eye.
Friday, November 3, 2017
The quicker kinds of eye
From From The Morning of the World: Poems from the Manyoshu by Graeme Wilson. Age old considerations.
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