another waka by Izumi Shikibu:
憂世をもまた誰にかは慰めむ思ひ志らずもとはぬ君かな
uki yo wo mo
mata tare ni ka Fa
nagusamemu
omoFi sirazu mo
toFanu kimi kana
In this cold and cruel world
Who is there to
Comfort me? Save
Heartless, unfeeling
And absent, you.
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部
[from GOSHŪISHŪ - GSIS XIII: 746]
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another waka by Izumi Shikibu: 憂世をもまた誰にかは慰めむ思ひ志らずもとはぬ君かな uki yo wo mo mata tare ni ka Fa nagusamemu omoFi sirazu mo toFanu kimi kana In this cold and cruel world Who is there to Comfort me? Save Heartless, unfeeling And absent, you. Izumi Shikibu 和泉式部 [from GOSHŪISHŪ - GSIS XIII: 746]