An Elegy

A thousand times must we deplore
The lost will never come to life again;
Even as flowing water runs away,
Returning nevermore.

Lady Kanin

Reiko Chiba

Tags: loss grief

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Winter and Summer

While it's summer people say
Winter is the better season.
Such is human reason.

Kamijima Onitsura

Reiko Chiba

Tags: weather

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Steadfast Seas and Mountains

The lofty mountains and the seas,
Being mountains, being seas,
Both exist and are real.
But frail as flowers are the lives of men,
Passing phantoms of this world.

Reiko Chiba

Tags: passage-of-time fleeting-life

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The Transitoriness of Life

To what may man's life be compared?
To a boat which rowed away,
Far in the sea, and left no track,
In the morning of the day.

Shami Mansai

Reiko Chiba

Tags: transitoriness-of-life

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Invite Tranquility

The sea,--
Something to look at
When we are angry.

Reiko Chiba

Tags: nature sea tranquility

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Sake

The jewel which brightly shines at night
Is precious, but cannot measure up
To the delights of drinking sake,
Drowning one's troubles in the cup.

Otomo no Tabito

Reiko Chiba

Tags: sorrow drinking

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