I had hoped to keep secret
feelings that had begun to stir
within my heart,
but already rumours are rife
that I am in love with you.
From: MacMillan, Peter (ed. and transl.), One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Treasury of Classical Japanese Verse, 2018, Penguin: London , p. 41.
(https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UDdmDQAAQBAJ
Date: 10th century (original in Japanese); 2008 (translation in English)
By: Mibu no Tadami (10th century)
Translated by: Peter MacMillan (19??- )
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