"暗きより暗き道にぞ入りぬべき遙かに照らせ山の端の月"

"Cited in Shūi Wakashū (c. 1005)."

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"As if to say— "Isn't it true for men, as well: that the more the words, the less they are of value?"— the cuckoo does…"

"When I look upon the rich sheen of summer hairs in my new brush, I am saddened by a deer drawn at night to a hunter's…"

"I had forgotten— as I kept on forgetting to remind myself that those who vow to forget are the ones who can't forget."

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"Even in one’s sleep, it is dreams of this world one sees, and of no other; just as there is no dawning here that brin…"