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Cock and Japanese BuntingUtamaro (1791)
Although I can shut the mouth of the incense burner,
I cannot shut the mouth of the cock,
which tells the coming of morning.
Yadoya Meshimore
Sunday, 1 August 2010
for Esther, in Tokyo
Cock and Japanese BuntingUtamaro (1791)
Although I can shut the mouth of the incense burner,
I cannot shut the mouth of the cock,
which tells the coming of morning.
Yadoya Meshimore
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"The letter you sent me touched my heart.
ReplyDeleteThe paper was decorated with a pair of magpies.
Now I think always of the magpies who fly with joined wings.
I do not mind that your letter was so short."
- The Poetess Ch'ao Li-houa, translated by Kenneth Rexroth