花の色は うつりにけりな いたづらに わが身世にふる ながめせしまに。 - 小野小町 (825頃 - 900頃): 『古今和歌集』、『（小倉）百人一首』
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The flowers withered, / Their color faded away, / While meaninglessly / I spent my days in the world / And the long rains were falling. // - Ono no Komachi (c.825 - c.900); trans. by Donald Keene [ドナルド・キーン] (1922 - 2019)
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