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miru me naki
wa ga mi wo ura to
siraneba ya
karenade ama no
asi tayuku kuru
No exchange of glances-a barren beach-
How I hate myself for it!
Doesn’t he realise it,
Heedless of distance, the fisherman,
Coming and going on weary legs?

Ono no Komachi

KKS XIII: 623

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