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Tsuki ya aranu Is the moon not the same?
haru ya mukashi no And is this spring not the same designing nature
haru naranu as springs of long ago?
waga mi hitotsu wa It’s just that I, though same as before,
moto no mi ni shite feel more alone than ever.
— NARIHIRA ASON
(Ariwara no Narihira, 825 – 880)
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