The Poetess Shunzei no Musume, from the series The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)
Edo period (1615–1868), 1801
Chobunsai Eishi Japanese, 1756-1829
Japan
This moon by which
I once faintly saw you
Now comes to rest.
In the teardrops on my sleeve
For that spring of long ago.
(Translation by Andrew J. Pekarik)
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