Hana no iro wa utsuri ni keri na itazura ni / Waga mi yo ni furu nagame seshi ma ni
Ono-no Komachi
As in the long and weary rain / The hue of flowers is all gone,
So is my young grace spent in vain / In these long years I lived alone.
(ONE HUNDRED POEMS FROM ONE HUNDRED POETS by H.H.HONDA)
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