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A Short Parting: Poem Number 16
I thought this was a cool, simple poem: Japanese Romanization Translation 立ち別れ Tachiwakare Even if I depart いなばの山の Inaba no yama no and go to Inaba Mountain, 峰に生ふる Mine ni ōru on whose peak grow まつとしきかば Matsutoshi kikaba pines, if I hear you pine for me, 今かへりこむ Ima kaeri kon I will return straightaway to…
The Hyakunin Isshu 