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- Izumi Shikibu Nikki
Fuyu no yo wa me sae kōri ni tojirarete akashigataki o akashikeru kana
On this winter night even my eyes were sealed shut with ice, and yet I somehow made it through a night that was so hard to end.
Izumi Shikibu Nikki - Izumi Shikibu
Kuretake no yoyo no furugoto omōyuru mukashigatari wa ware nomi zo sen
Like the joints of the black bamboo, the old tales of age after age come back to me; shall I be the only one left to tell of days gone by?
Izumi Shikibu Nikki - Izumi Shikibu
Kuretake no uki fushi shigeki yo no naka ni araji to zo omou shibashi bakari mo
In a world as crowded with sorrows as the black bamboo is with joints, I feel I do not wish to live even a little while longer.
Izumi Shikibu Nikki - Prince Atsumichi