Ono no Komachi

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Although there is not one moment without longing, still, how strange this autumn twilight is. — Ono no Komachi, The Ink Dark Moon tr. by Jane Hirshfield with Mariko Aratani (Vintage Classics, 1990)

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Ono no Komachi

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How invisibly it changes color in this world, the flower of the human heart. — Ono no Komachi, The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono No Komachi and Izumi Shikibu Women of the Ancient Court of Japan, trans. Jane Hirshfield. (Scribner, 1988)

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Ono no Komachi

September 12, 2016September 8, 2018 CharlesLeave a comment

When my desire grows too fierce I wear my bed clothes inside out, dark as the night’s rough husk. — Ono no Komachi, “[When my desire],” The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan. Translated by Jane Hirshfield & Mariko Aratani. (Vintage; 1St… Continue reading Ono no Komachi

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Ono no Komachi

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