Alas! The beauty of the flowers has faded and come to nothing, while I have watched the rain, lost in melancholy thought. (Ono no Komachi)

Alas! The beauty of the flowers has faded and come to nothing, while I have watched the rain, lost in melancholy thought.

Ono no Komachi

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