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“Rather than recall
in these flowers
the fragrance of the past,
I would like to hear this nightingale's voice,
to know if his song is as sweet.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
in these flowers
the fragrance of the past,
I would like to hear this nightingale's voice,
to know if his song is as sweet.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
“The one close to me now,
even my own body-
these too
will soon become clouds,
floating in different directions.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
even my own body-
these too
will soon become clouds,
floating in different directions.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
“Even if I now saw you
only once,
I would long for you
through worlds,
worlds.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
only once,
I would long for you
through worlds,
worlds.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
“Even when a river of tears
courses through
this body,
the flame of love
cannot be quenched.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
courses through
this body,
the flame of love
cannot be quenched.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
“In this world
love has no color
yet how deeply
my body
is stained by yours.”
― Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
love has no color
yet how deeply
my body
is stained by yours.”
― Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
Srinivas’s 2025 Year in Books
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