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Expressions of passion and heartbreak, written by the court lady Murasaki Shikibu a thousand years ago, transcend time and culture in this new translation of poetry from the first 33 chapters of The Tale of Genji. Over 400 tanka poems describe the intricate loveplay and wordplay between men and women of noble breeding, consumed by sexual desire and aesthetic longing. With
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there is no end
to falling tears or the chirping of the bell cricket
both use up the long night
without growing weary
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in trees withered by cold wind seems to play along with the notes of the flute should you be detained by the language of leaves?
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Page 43
the unsure heart
at the mountain's edge
the moon proceeds
lightly into the heavens vanishes without a shadow
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Page 49
spring grass
grows up not knowing
how short life is
how can it be that
the dew would vanish?
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there is no end
to falling tears or the chirping of the bell cricket
both use up the long night
without growing weary
---
Page 30
in trees withered by cold wind seems to play along with the notes of the flute should you be detained by the language of leaves?
---
Page 43
the unsure heart
at the mountain's edge
the moon proceeds
lightly into the heavens vanishes without a shadow
---
Page 49
spring grass
grows up not knowing
how short life is
how can it be that
the dew would vanish?
---
Page 50 ...more
Nov 04, 2019
Jazzy Lemon
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
japanese-authors,
classics
A marvellous poetical retelling of the poetry with a synopsis of the Tale of Genji information on each poem.
Jane Reichhold's detailed commentary on the Japanese poetry in the first 33 Chapters of Murasaki Shikibu's "The Tale of Genji" may have just possibly been a lovely and sweet read.
It was not for me; I purchased a digital edition (by Nook) for my Nook e-reader. My eBook was a virtual meadow of gorgeous flowers over-dressed in the litter of typos, spelling errors and horrible formatting. Even enlarged first letters that opened new sections / chapters of text ( eg. Lnce upon a time ... ) howled "foo ...more
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Murasaki Shikibu, or Lady Murasaki as she is sometimes known in English (Japanese: 紫式部), was a Japanese novelist, poet, and a maid of honor of the imperial court during the Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1008, one of the earliest and most famous novels in human history. "Murasaki Shikibu" was not her real name; her act
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