The nightingale won't sing? I'll wait until it does.
Nitobe Inazo, Bushido, ch. 8 (Honor)
The nightingale won't sing? I'll wait until it does.
Nitobe Inazo, Bushido, ch. 8 (Honor)
The source
"The nightingale won't sing? I'll wait until it does." Nitobe Inazo said it in Bushido, ch. 8 (Honor). Nitobe wrote it in English (1900). Our line is a modern rendering.
"I will wait till she opens her lips."Nitobe Inazo, 1900, Bushido, ch. 8 (Honor). English: Bushido, the Soul of Japan (1900), Project Gutenberg 12096; Epigram attributed to Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Who said it
Nitobe Inazo (1862–1933). Wrote Bushido: The Soul of Japan in English in 1900 to explain the samurai code to the West.
Questions
- Who said "The nightingale won't sing? I'll wait until it does."?
- Nitobe Inazo (1862–1933). Source: Bushido, ch. 8 (Honor).
- What is the original wording?
- I will wait till she opens her lips (Nitobe Inazo, 1900). Nitobe wrote it in English (1900). Our line is a modern rendering.
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