Tuesday 26 February 2008



 A thing which fades
With no outward sign
Is the flower
Of the heart of man
In this world!

Ono no Komachi, 9th century


色見えでうつろふ物は世中の人の心の花にぞ有りける。
小野小町

2 comments:

  1. Beautiful.
    but does it only fade?

    ..
    "All seemed a world in flower,and I was the soul of this world."

    --can't remember who it was.

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  2. I'm happy you like it. your words are also very beautiful.

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