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Kokinshu #176
Saturday, 10 December 2011 08:12 (Topic unknown.)
Desperately longed for,
the night we meet is tonight.
River of Heaven,
may the mists envelop you
so that daybreak never comes.
koikoite
au yo wa koyoi
ama no kawa
kiri tachi-watari
akezu mo aranamu
---L.
Desperately longed for,
the night we meet is tonight.
River of Heaven,
may the mists envelop you
so that daybreak never comes.
—15 November 2011
(Original author unknown.) Back up to heaven; while either party could be speaking, I'm inclined to hear the Weaver Maid's voice again. Kiri ("mist") is the autumnal counterpart of vernal kasume (see #3n). I am unreasonably fond of the line au yo wa koyoi, "the night we meet (is) tonight."koikoite
au yo wa koyoi
ama no kawa
kiri tachi-watari
akezu mo aranamu
---L.