SKKS XVII: 1633

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やまかげにすまぬこゝろはいかなれやおしまれている月もあるよに

yama kage ni
sumanu kokoro wa
ika nare ya
oshimarete iru
tsuki mo aru yo ni
The mountains’ shadow
Is not the home of my heart–
What’s to become of it, I wonder?
I regret it, yet, entering in,
The moon, at least, is here tonight in this world.

The Monk Saigyō
西行

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