Fifteen Poets of Modern Japan/Akiko Yosano

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Akiko Yosano

1

Not knowing love,
I sought beauty in God.
Now I see the beauty of heaven
And the beauty of earth
In you.

2

As I behold the rainbow
It seems that I look upon
Things I have lost
Or things I could not get.

3

Goodbye, then,
If you will go.
Your youth will be spent alone,
In a cold, rocky place,
And you will remember with sadness
The sunshine of spring.

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4

After our parting
I had not walked thirty steps
Along the meadow path
Until the autumn flowers
Began to resemble your face,
Which I shall never see again.

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