The colour of this flower

Ono no KomachiOno no Komachi

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Fana no iro Fa
uturi ni keri na
itadura ni
waga mi yo ni Furu
nagame sesi ma ni
The colour of this flower
Has already faded away,
While in idle thoughts
My life goes by,
As I watch the long rains fall.
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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