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Izumi Shikibu

"Although the wind
blows terribly here
the moonlight also leaks
between the roof planks
of this ruined house."

(translated by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani)

Izumi Shikibu
sorrow beauty joy suffering poetry
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