SKKS III: 262

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みちのべにしみづながるゝやなぎかげしばしとてこそたちとまりつれ

michi nobe ni
shimizu nagaruru
yanagi kage
shibashi tote koso
tachitomaritsure
Alongside the path
Fresh water flows, and
In the willow’s shade
Just for a little while
Would I take my ease…

The Monk Saigyō
西行

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