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If I had known…
Read more: If I had known…If I had known That old age would call, I’d have shut my gate, Replied ‘Not at home!’ And refused to meet him. Anonymous Japanese poet, c. 905
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I would conceal it, yet
Read more: I would conceal it, yetI would conceal it, yet In my looks it is shown – My love, so plain That men ask of me ‘Do you not brood on things?’ Taira Kanemori, mid 10th Century
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The Impermanence of Human Life
Read more: The Impermanence of Human LifeWe are helpless in this world. The years and months slip past Like a swift stream, which grasps and drags us down. A hundred pains pursue us, one by one. Girls, with the wrists clasped round With Chinese jewels, join hands And play their youth away. But time cannot be stopped, And when their youth…
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That Scoundrel Love
Read more: That Scoundrel LoveLeft at home Locked in a chest, That scoundrel love Has grasped me again. Prince Hozumi Fifth son of Japanese Emperor Temmu Acting Prime Minister from 705 until his death in 715
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I pound the rice
Read more: I pound the riceI pound the rice And my hands are chapped. Tonight, my young prince Will take them and sigh. Unknown author From Kamitsuke Poems from the Eastland Early 8th Century
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