by Ono no Komachi
My longing for you --
too strong to keep within bounds.
At least no one can blame me
when I go to you at night
along the road of dreams.
Ono no Komachi
The Ink Dark Moon, trans. by Jane Hirshfield with Mariko Aratami (Vintage October1990)
Marguerite Duras 1914-1996
"In love there are no vacations. No such thing. Love has to be lived fully with its boredom and all that."
Dylan Thomas 1914-1953
"Rage, rage against the dying of the light "
Albert Camus
1913-1960
Pablo Neruda
1904-1973
Wittgenstein
1889-1951
Constantine P. Cavafy
1863–1933
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
1844-1900
Soren Kierkegaard
1813-1855
Johann W. von Goethe
1749-1832
Hildegard von Bingen
2 comments:
Beatrice,
Brilliant, soulful tanka. Thank you.....pajamas
Thank you OP, did I miss your haiku postings on our site? I may have, have been away quite a bit.. thanks for passing by here.
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