Parting Poem by Ki no Tsurayuki

Parting

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Parting
Has no hue
And yet
Does it run within our hearts,
This sorrow.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Fabrizio Frosini 06 July 2016

waka composed on parting from someone (friend/family?)

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Fabrizio Frosini 06 July 2016

わかれてふ事はいろにもあらなくに心にしみてわびしかるらむ wakare teFu koto Fa iro ni mo aranaku ni kokoro ni simite wabisikaruramu Parting Has no hue And yet It stains deep within our hearts, This sorrow. Tsurayuki - 貫之 KOKINSHŪ - KKS VIII: 381

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