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Poem 38 from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets

 

  wasuraruru

mi o ba omowazu

   chikaiteshi

hito no inochi no

oshiku mo aru kana

 

  Having been forgotten,

I care nothing for myself --

  yet concern runs deep

for the life of the one who

pledged his devotion to me.

-- Ukon

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