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“Impassionate gods have never seen the red that is the Tatsuta River. /
ちはやぶる 神代も聞かず 竜田川 からくれなゐに 水くくるとは”
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ちはやぶる 神代も聞かず 竜田川 からくれなゐに 水くくるとは”
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“Would the mountain cherry blossoms return my affection for there is no one else out here. /
もろともに あはれと思へ 山桜 花よりほかに 知る人もなし”
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もろともに あはれと思へ 山桜 花よりほかに 知る人もなし”
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“Oh, you cherry petals, On this calm and balmy day, Why are you so restless, So keen to fly away? /
ひさかたの 光のどけき 春の日に しづ心なく 花の散るらむ”
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ひさかたの 光のどけき 春の日に しづ心なく 花の散るらむ”
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“Swift waters parted by the jagged rocks are joined at river's end. /
瀬をはやみ 岩にせかるる 滝川の われても末に あはむとぞ思ふ”
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瀬をはやみ 岩にせかるる 滝川の われても末に あはむとぞ思ふ”
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“The color of the flower has faded,
while I lost myself in
idle thought in this long rain /
花の色は うつりにけりな いたづらに わが身世にふる ながめせし間に”
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while I lost myself in
idle thought in this long rain /
花の色は うつりにけりな いたづらに わが身世にふる ながめせし間に”
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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Discussion, recommendations, and all-over appreciation for Britain's own myth maker, Professor J.R.R. Tolkien. ...more
Classics and the Western Canon
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This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more
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OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
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