I cannot say
which is which:
the glowing
plum blossom is
the spring night's moon.

tanka by Izumi Shikibu, translated by Jane Hirshfield
Added by Dan Costinaş
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Neither the coldest
autumn wind
it could hurt me
as this spring storm
dispersing petals.

tanka by Izumi Shikibu
Added by Dan Costinaş
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In my loneliness,
Not to let even the smoke die down
I break twigs
And feed the flames
In this winter mountain home.

tanka by Izumi Shikibu
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When I think of you,
fireflies in the marsh rise
like the soul’s jewels,
lost to eternal longing,
abandoning my body.

poem by Izumi Shikibu
Added by Veronica Serbanoiu
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