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Poem 44 from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets

 

   au koto no

taete shi naku wa

   nakanakani

hito o mo mi o mo

uramizaramashi

 

   Were hope to end

of meeting you at all,

   less would be

this sense of resentment toward

both you and toward myself.

--Middle Counselor Asatada