The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
Izumi Shikibu
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Even when a river of tears courses through this body, the flame of love cannot be quenched.”
“Even if I now saw you only once, I would long for you through worlds, worlds.”
“Watching the moon at dawn, solitary, mid-sky, I knew myself completely, no part left out.”
“The one close to me now, even my own body- these too will soon become clouds, floating in different directions.”
“Although the wind blows terribly here, the moonlight also leaks between the roof planks of this ruined house.”
“Nothing in the world is usual today. This is the first morning.”
“Things I Want Decided Which shouldn't exist in this world, the one who forgets or the one who is forgotten? Which is better, to love one who has died or not to see each other when you're alive? Which is better, the distant lover you long for or the one you see daily without desire? Which is the least unreliable among fickle things — the swift rapids, a flowing river, or this human world?”
“For a moment he became smoke. How intimate, now, the cloudy sky.”
“If the one I waited for came now, what should I do? This morning's garden filled with snow is far too lovely for footsteps to mar.”
“Rather than recall in these flowers the fragrance of the past, I would like to hear this nightingale's voice, to know if his song is as sweet.”
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Book Keywords:
enlightenment, change, oneness, love, longing, death, wisdom, waiting, rejection, impermanence, romance, poetry, acceptance, contentment, sorrow
