Izumi Shikibu, as collected in The Ink Dark Moon (tr. Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani). It is bel
Izumi Shikibu, as collected in The Ink Dark Moon (tr. Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani). It is believed that this is her last poem, written on her deathbed. -- source link
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