Kakinomoto no Hitomaro: Quotes about girls

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro was Japanese poet. Explore interesting quotes on girl.
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro: 14 quotes1 like

“Gossip grows like weeds
In a summer meadow.
My girl and I
Sleep arm in arm.”

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

XIX, p. 21
Kenneth Rexroth's translations, One Hundred Poems from the Japanese (1955)

“When I gathered flowers
For my girl
From the top of the plum tree
The lower branches
Drenched me with dew.”

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

XXII, p. 24
Kenneth Rexroth's translations, One Hundred More Poems from the Japanese (1976)

“The colored leaves
Have hidden the paths
On the autumn mountain.
How can I find my girl,
Wandering on ways I do not know?”

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

XXIII, p. 25
Kenneth Rexroth's translations, One Hundred Poems from the Japanese (1955)

“In the empty mountains
The leaves of the bamboo grass
Rustle in the wind.
I think of a girl
Who is not here.”

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

XVII, p. 19
Kenneth Rexroth's translations, One Hundred Poems from the Japanese (1955)