Composed on the moon reflected in a pond.
ふたつなき物と思ひしをみなそこに山のはならでいづる月かげ
Futatu naki mono to omoFisi wo mina soko ni yama no Fa narade iduru tuki kage |
A singular Thing, it was, I thought, yet From the water’s depths, Not from the mountains’ peaks, Comes moonlight. |
Ki no Tsurayuki
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