Quotes from Ono no Komachi

A thing which fades With no outward sign - Is the flower Of the heart of man In this world!

The color of the flower has faded, while I lost myself in idle thought in this long rain / ???? ??????? ????? ??????? ???????

The flowers withered,Their color faded away,While meaninglesslyI spent my days in the worldAnd the long rains were falling.

This night of no moonThere is no way to meet him.I rise in longing—My breast pounds, a leaping flame,My heart is consumed in fire.

Is this love reality Or a dream? I cannot know, When both reality and dreams Exist without truly existing.

What is it about this twilight hour? Even the sound of a barely perceptible breeze pierces the heart.

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However wildly this year's cherry blossoms bloom, I'll see them with the plum's scent filling my heart.

Though we knew each other without overlapping our clothes, still, with this autumn wind's sound, I find myself waiting for you.

When my desire grows too fierce I wear my bed clothes inside out, dark as the night's rough husk.

This pine tree by the rock Must have its memories too: After a thousand years, See how its branches Lean towards the ground.

Undisturbed, my garden fills with summer growth— how I wish for one who would push the deep grass aside.

This heart, Longing for you, Breaks To a thousand pieces- I wouldn't lose one.

Tears that but form gems on sleeves must come, I think, from an insincere heart, for mine, though I seek to repress them, gush forth in torrents.

Seeing the moonlight Spilling down Through these trees, My heart fills to the brim With autumn.

It is poetry which effortlessly moves the heavens and the earth, awakens the world of invisible spirits to deep feeling, softens the relationship between men and women, and consoles the hearts of fierce warriors.

My longing for you— Too strong to keep within bounds. At least no one can blame me When I go to you at night Along the road of dreams.

When the autumn wind Blows down from Tokiwa Mountain, My body fills, as if blushing, With the color and scent Of pine.

Why haven't I Thought of this before? This body, Remembering yours, Is the keepsake you left.

I've traveled That dark path to the world Which comes down from this mountain Just to see you One last time.

Otkako sam u snu vidjela ?ovjeka kojega ljubim, otada sam po?ela voljeti svoje snove.

The cherry blossoms have faded now in hue - gazing emptily upon the long spring rains, I too know what it is to age.

O Spider Lily That grows on the mountain Called Waiting, Is there someone you also Promised to meet this autumn?

Why did you vanish Into empty sky? Even the fragile show, When it falls, Falls in this world.