She must have wondered too about the tears that stained my dark sleeves, so out of keeping for a nun, for she composed this poem and passed it to me on a little sake cup stand:

I wonder what emotion
Caused you to resolve upon
The life of a wandering
Wisp of smoke from Fuji. [4.19]

sad girl



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