A hometown is what I miss from far away;
and what I sadly sing about.
Even if
I become a shabby foreign beggar,
It still is not where I can return.
Alone in this town at sunset,
I miss my hometown with tears;
I have this heart with me
I have this heart with me
longing to return to the far-off town
longing to return to the far-off town.
Saisei Muro. "Sentimental Scene II."
in Lyrical Songs (1918).
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Japanese modern poem