Love and tales.[i]

わかれにしむかしは露かあさぢ原跡なき野べにあきかぜぞふく

wakarenishi mukashi wa tsuyu ka asajiwara ato naki nobe ni akikaze zo fuku

Since they were parted, Were those ancient times dewdrop brief? Across the cogon grass Upon the trackless plain The autumn wind is blowing!

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[i] The ‘tale’ here is the Song of Everlasting Woe about the doomed love between Yang Guifei and Emperor Xuanzong