Kinkai wakashū 714

On the inconstant human heart.

とにかくにあなさだめなの世中やよろこぶ物あればわぶるもの有り

to ni kaku ni
ana sadame na no
yo no naka ya
yorokobu mono areba
waburu mono ari
Whatever you do
O, uncertain is
This mundane world!
Some folk rejoice, while
Others grieve…

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