Nessuno sente
quel cantar d’usignolo
che strazia il cuore :
aspetteró il profumo
del tuo roseto antico

Nobody listen
to the nightingale singing
that torment a heart :
I’m going to wait the scent
of your ancient rose garden

Caterina Sale e Lucia Fontana

 

 

Utagawa Hiroshige, Kingfisher and Roses, cut from an untitled harimaze sheet, Japanese, Edo period