Text #86.

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by #19. Saigyô (西行法師)

Season:
Summer  
Subject:
cicadas, love  
Commentary:
Japanese:
むなしくて
やみぬべきかな
空蝉の
この身からにて
思ふ歎きは
Romanization:
Munashikute
yaminubeki kana
utsusemi no
kono mi kara nite
omou nageki wa
Translation #87:
My love will end
in hopelessness—
these longing sighs
I bring on myself
are empty as the cicada's shell

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