The Ink Dark Moon

Although the wind

Izumi Shikibu | May 2022 (Vol. XXXV, No. 5)
Although the wind
blows terribly here,
the moonlight also leaks
between the roof planks
of this ruined house.
~ Izumi Shikibu from "Although the wind...,"translated by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani, in THE INK DARK MOON

The moonlight also leaks between the roof planks

Izumi Shikibu | February 2016 (Vol. XXIX, No. 2)

Although the wind
blows terribly here,
the moonlight also leaks
between the roof planks
of this ruined house.

~ Izumi Shikibu, "Although the wind ... ," translated by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani, from THE INK DARK MOON.
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