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Ono no Komachi
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The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
by Ono no Komachi
As I dozed
Ono no Komachi
As I dozed
utatane ni
koFisiki Fito wo
mitesi yori
yume teFu mono Fa
tanomisometeki
As I dozed
The man I love
Appeared, so
It is dreams that
Have begun to comfort me.
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So intensely
Ono no Komachi
So intensely
ito semete
koFisiki toki Fa
mubatama no
yoru no koromo wo
kaFesite zo kiru
So intensely
Do I feel love now that
In the lily-seed dark
Night, my robe
I'll turn inside out, and put it on.
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The colour of this flower
Ono no Komachi
The colour of this flower
Fana no iro Fa
uturi ni keri na
itadura ni
waga mi yo ni Furu
nagame sesi ma ni
The colour of this flower
Has already faded away,
While in idle thoughts
My life goes by,
As I watch the long rains fall.
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Was I lost in thoughts of love
Ono no Komachi
Was I lost in thoughts of love
omo Fitutu
nureba ya Fito no
mieturan
yume to siriseba
samezaramasi wo
Was I lost in thoughts of love
When I closed my eyes? He
Appeared, and
Had I known it for a dream
I would not have awakened.
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