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“Are those pearls,' you asked,
'or what might they be?'
I wish I had replied, 'Drops of dew',
and vanished
as quickly as they do.”
Anonymous, The Tales of Ise
“It is because
the blossoms scatter
that they are splendid.
In this world of sorrow,
what lasts for long?”
Anonymous, The Tales of Ise
“The further I travel,
the more I long for the place
from where I have come.
How I envy the ebbing waves,
returning home.”
Anonymous, The Tales of Ise
“Long ago, while journeying in the east, the man had a poem sent to his friends at home: Though we are as far apart as the drifting clouds, do not forget me till we meet again, for the moon that circles in the sky will surely come around again.”
Anonymous, The Tales of Ise
“Would that my mother might live a thousand years
Would there were on this earth no final partings”
Ariwara Narihira, The Tales of Ise
“Eso que pienso, sin decirlo
Lo guardaré para mí,
Simplemente,
Pues hombres que sientan como yo
No existen.”
Ariwara no Narihira, Cuentos de Ise
“Más que el de la estrella del Boyero
Es desgraciado mi amor.
Quitad ahora la barrera
De la Vía Láctea
Que nos separa.”
Ariwara no Narihira, Cuentos de Ise
“-Más vano que escribir
Sobre el agua que corre
Es amar a una persona
Que por vos no siente amor.
-Ni el tiempo que fluye
Ni el agua que corre
Ni las flores dispersadas
Comprenden la palabra
¡Espera!”
Ariwara no Narihira, Cuentos de Ise
“Las huellas que al partir
Dejé, no deben todavía
Haberse borrado.
¿Quién pues frecuentaría
Hoy ese camino?”
Ariwara no Narihira, Cuentos de Ise
“El tiempo de nuestros encuentros
Sólo dura lo que un relámpago
Me digo,
Pero vuestra crueldad
Parece una eternidad.”
Ariwara no Narihira, Cuentos de Ise
“La luna no es la misma
La primavera no es ya
La primavera de ayer.
Solamente yo,
No cambié”
Ariwara no Narihira, Cuentos de Ise