Only now I know
that power – greater than storms –
a heart-rending awe
silencing all the pines
at nightfall on the mountain.
Emperor Fushima
from Only Companion: Japanese Poems of Love and Longing
transl Sam Hamill
Only now I know
that power – greater than storms –
a heart-rending awe
silencing all the pines
at nightfall on the mountain.
Emperor Fushima
from Only Companion: Japanese Poems of Love and Longing
transl Sam Hamill
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