SKKS XVIII: 1830

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いかゞすべきよにあらばやはよをもすてゝあなうのよやとさらにおもはん

ikaga subeki
yo ni araba ya wa
yo o mo sutete
ana u no yo ya to
sara ni omowan
What is for the best?
If I were living in the world,
‘Oh, to leave it –
How full of pain is the world of men!’
I would yet feel.

The Monk Saigyō
西行

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