おろかなる涙ぞそでに玉はなす我はせきあへずたきつせなれば
oroka naru
namida zo sode ni
tama Fa nasu
ware Fa sekiaFezu
tagituse nareba
How hollow
Are tears upon a sleeve
In gemlets;
For mine cannot be dammed
As a surging flood!
Ono no Komachi 小野小町
[from KOKINSHŪ - KKS XII: 557]
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おろかなる涙ぞそでに玉はなす我はせきあへずたきつせなれば oroka naru namida zo sode ni tama Fa nasu ware Fa sekiaFezu tagituse nareba How hollow Are tears upon a sleeve In gemlets; For mine cannot be dammed As a surging flood! Ono no Komachi 小野小町 [from KOKINSHŪ - KKS XII: 557]