Monday, October 05, 2009

My Favorite Poem

This is my favorite poem. Someday I'm going to get it tattooed on my back.

A waterbird
Seems as the water's top
Seen from afar
I, too, drift along
On my way through the world.
水鳥を
水の上とや
よそに見む
我もうきたる
世を過しつ

Murasaki Shikibu 紫 式部

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