Hope not the transient blossom shall / Until the morrow last: / For who knows but the midnight gale / Thy cherished hope may blast? // - Shinran (1173 - 1263); trans. by Hidesaburo Saito [斎藤秀三郎] (1866 - 1929)
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明日ありと 思う心のあだ桜 夜半に嵐の 吹かぬものかは - 親鸞 (1173 - 1263)
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