Japanese Love Poetry

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro


This morning I will not
Comb my hair.
It has lain
Pillowed on the hand of my lover.

Otomo no Yakamochi


We were together
Only a little while,
And we believed our love
Would last a thousand years.

Kakinomoto No Hittomaro


In the Autumn mountains
The colored leaves are falling.
If I could hold them back,
I could still see her.



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