SKKS XII: 1100

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かずならぬ心のとがになしはてじしらせてこそは身をもうらみめ

kazu naranu
kokoro no toga ni
nashi hateji
shirasete koso wa
mi o mo uramime
Beyond measure
Are the blunders of my heart, and
Quite unstoppable;
But in revealing my feelings,
I can only curse my clumsiness.

The Monk Saigyō
西行

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