Poem 35 from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets
hito wa isa
kokoro mo shirazu
furusato wa
hana zo mukashi no
ka ni nioikeru
One cannot, after all,
know another person's heart.
But the blossoms of
a once familiar home retain
the fragrance of the past.
-- Ki no Tsurayuki
The Annotated Bushido is a companion site of the Jlit website. The complete text of this iconic study of Japanese ethics is provided online, along with extensive notes and careful indications of textual differences between the 1900 and 1905 editions.