I returned home empty-handed and composed this poem:

Without a dream
How will he know about
These lonely tears
I hide behind my sleeves?
I learned that he was having daily attacks, then that his life was in danger, and the dreadful possibility that I might never see him alive again drove me to despair. It was more than I could bear. [5.25]

sad girl



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From The Confessions of Lady Nijō, translated by Karen Brazell - About this site