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木にもあらず草にもあらぬ竹のよのはしにわが身はなりぬべらなり

ki ni mo arazu kusa ni mo aranu take no yo no hasi ni wa ga mi Fa narinuberanari

’Tis not a tree, Nor yet a grass, but On bamboo stalks Brief as the space between the joints Does seem to be my fate…

Anonymous

A certain person states that this is a poem by Prince Takatsu.