I tore off a piece of the paper where the words “secret mountains” appeared, and wrote:

Can you not understand?
My thoughts scattered and confused
My heart has not gone drifting off
A wisp of evening smoke.
After I sent this I began to wonder what I had done. [1.1]

sad girl



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