SKKS XVII: 1659

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やまざとにうきよいとはんともゝがなくやしくすぎし昔かたらん

yamazato ni
uki yo itowan
tomo mo gana
kuyashiku sugishi
mukashi kataran
In my mountain hut,
To despise this cruel world with me
A friend is what I want;
Of all the dreadful times
Long past, could we tell each other!

The Monk Saigyō
西行

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