Hyakunin Isshu #38
Sunday, 14 February 2010 08:38![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lnhammer I am forsaken,
but I don't care for myself --
he swore on the gods
and I can only fear for
the life of that forsworn man.
wasuraruru
mi o ba omowazu
chikaite shi
hito no inochi no
oshiku mo aru kana
---L.
but I don't care for myself --
he swore on the gods
and I can only fear for
the life of that forsworn man.
—7 February 2010
Original by Lady Ukon, writing in the mid-10th century. Why angrily demand how can he still be alive when you can condescend to pity him instead?wasuraruru
mi o ba omowazu
chikaite shi
hito no inochi no
oshiku mo aru kana
---L.