Kokinshu 1007 – "Slipping Away"

1007  Slipping away,The one I love—As I am broken. What’s the flowerThat bloomed in whiteWhen we were one?  うちわたすをち方人に物まうすわれそのそこにしろくさけるはなにの花ぞも UchiwatasuOchikatabito niMono mousu  wareSono soko niShiroku sakeru waNani no hana zo mo   Author unknown. As the poet’s lover has not visited recently, the poet complains and …

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