Twisting Into Thread Poem by Ki no Tsurayuki

Twisting Into Thread

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Twisting into thread
Cannot be done with it, yet
This parting path
Runs thinly through my heart,
Or, that's how it feels, at least.

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Fabrizio Frosini 06 July 2016

waka composed on the road, when he was going into the Eastlands

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Fabrizio Frosini 06 July 2016

いとによる物ならなくにわかれぢの心ぼそくもおもほゆるかな ito ni yoru mono naranaku ni wakaredi no kokorobosoku mo omoFoyuru kana Twisting into thread Cannot be done with it, yet This parting path Runs thinly through my heart, Or, that’s how it feels, at least. Tsurayuki - 貫之 KOKINSHŪ - KKS IX: 415

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