This morning I will not
Comb my hair.
It has lain
Pillowed on the hand of my lover.
From: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/hitomaro
Date: ?
By: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (660-708)
Translated from the Japanese by: Kenneth Roxreth (1905-1982)
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This morning I will not
Comb my hair.
It has lain
Pillowed on the hand of my lover.
From: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/hitomaro
Date: ?
By: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (660-708)
Translated from the Japanese by: Kenneth Roxreth (1905-1982)
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