So intensely

Ono no KomachiOno no Komachi

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ito semete
koFisiki toki Fa
mubatama no
yoru no koromo wo
kaFesite zo kiru
So intensely
Do I feel love now that
In the lily-seed dark
Night, my robe
I'll turn inside out, and put it on.
Ono no Komachi
About the poet

Ono no Komachi

c. 825 – c. 900 (?)/JapaneseLike Ariwara no Narihira, the legends have eclipsed the historical Ono no Komachi. Her poetry dates from the period 833-857, and she seems to have engaged in poetic exchanges with contemporaries such as Fun'ya no Yasuhide, Archbish…

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