Izumi Shikibu Quotes

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  • Come quickly -- as soon as these blossoms open, they fall. This world exists as a sheen of dew on flowers.

    Flower   Fall   Dew  
    Liza Lim, Izumi Shikibu (2000). “Burning house: for koto and voice (1 performer) (1995)”
  • Although I try / to hold the single thought / of Buddha's teaching in my heart, / I cannot help but hear / the many crickets' voices calling as well.

    Teaching   Heart   Voice  
    Izumi Shikibu, “Although I Try”
  • Even when a river of tears courses through this body, the flame of love cannot be quenched.

    Sad   Flames   Rivers  
    no Komachi Ono, Izumi Shikibu (2015). “The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi anmd Izumi Shikibu, Women of teh Ancient Court of Japan”, p.128, Vintage
  • Watching the moon at midnight, solitary, mid-sky, I knew myself completely, no part left out.

    Moon   Sky   Midnight  
  • The one close to me now; even my own body--these too will soon become clouds, floating in different directions.

    no Komachi Ono, Izumi Shikibu (2015). “The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi anmd Izumi Shikibu, Women of teh Ancient Court of Japan”, p.147, Vintage
  • In this world love has no color yet how deeply my body is stained by yours.

    Color   World Love   Body  
  • In love longing I listen to the monk's bell. I will never forget you even for an interval short as those between the bell notes.

  • Rather than recallin these flowersthe fragrance of the past,I would like to hear this nightingale's voice,to know if his song is as sweet.

    Song   Sweet   Past  
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