Saigyo poems
Saigyo(1118 - 1190 / Japan)
The Monk Saigyo
- by Saigyo 73
Should I blame the moonFor bringing forth this sadness,
As if it pictured grief?
Lifting up my troubled face,
I regard it through my tears
Having Seen Them Long
- by Saigyo 72
Having seen them long,I hold the flowers so dear
That when they scatter
I find it all the more sad
To bid them my last farewell.