SKKS XII: 1147

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なにとなくさすがにおしきいのちかなありへば人や思しるとて

nani to naku
sasuga ni oshiki
inochi kana
arieba hito ya
omoi shiru tote
Hopeless, and
Indeed, to be regretted
Is this life;
Yet if I could live she
Might finally understand…

The Monk Saigyō
西行

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