Takuboku
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Lying on the dune sand
this day I recall
remotely
the anguish of my first love.
...
I've worked harder than hardest,
Yet I'm no better off;
I only look down at my bony hands.
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Takuboku Biography
Takuboku Ishikawa ( February 20, 1886 – April 13, 1912) was a Japanese poet. He died of tuberculosis. Well known as both a tanka and 'modern-style' (shintaishi or simply shi) or 'free-style' (jiyūshi) poet, he began as a member of the Myōjō group of naturalist poets but later joined the "socialistic" group of Japanese poets and renounced naturalism.)
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Lying On The Dune Sand
Lying on the dune sand
this day I recall
remotely
the anguish of my first love.
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