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96 HEIAN PERIOD

[from the Shikashū, c. 1151]

Kaze wo itami
Iwa utsu nami no
Onore no mi
Kudakete mono wo
Omou koro kana

Whipped by a fierce wind
And dashed like the ocean waves
Against the rocks—
I alone am broken to bits
And now am lost in longing.

Minamoto no Shigeyuki (d. 1000)

[from the Senzaishū, 1188]

Mushi no ne wa
Asaji ga moto ni
Uzumorete
Ai wa sue ha no
Iro ni zo arikeru

The cries of the insects
Are buried at the roots of
The sparse pampas grass—
The end of autumn is in
The color of the last leaves.

The Priest Jakuren (d. 1202)
TRANSLATED BY DONALD KEENE

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