SKS VIII: 249

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夕暮にもの思ふ事は增るかと我ならざらむ人にとはゞや

yuFugure ni mo
mono’omoFu koto Fa
masaru ka to
ware narazaramu
Fito ni toFaba ya
At dusk
In gloomy thoughts alone
Do I excel-is that right?
Not I
But to another were I to ask, what would he say?

Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部

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