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Wednesday, April 26, 2006

pure love


1806 44years old lived in Edo city.

Issa
丘の雉鷺の身持をうらやむか

oka no kiji sagi no mimochi wo urayamu ka

David’s English
hilltop pheasant
are you jealous of the heron's
style?

David's comment
More literally, Issa wonders if the pheasant is jealous "of the way the heron carries himself" (sagi no mimochi).

sakuo Renku
純情の恋あり沼の悪所にも
junjyou no koi ari numa no akusyo nimo

there is pure love
even in the swamp of red light

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