Coarse the rush-mat roof
Sheltering the harvest-hut
Of the autumn rice-field;
And my sleeves are growing wet
With the moisture dripping through.
From: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Hyakunin_Isshū
Date: 7th century (original); 1917 (translation)
By: Tenji Tennō (626-672)
Translated by: Clay MacCauley (1843-1925)
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