How should I love—as the swaying or tossing wind?

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[31]

 Kurenai-ye or "Red Picture"

She glances expectantly

Through the pine avenue,

To the cherry-tree summit

Where her lover will appear.

Faint rose anticipation colours her,

And sunset;

She is a cherry-tree that has taken long to bloom.

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[32]

 A Woman Standing by a Gate with an Umbrella

Late summer changes to autumn:

Chrysanthemums are scattered

Behind the palings.

Gold and vermilion

The afternoon.

I wait here dreaming of vermilion sunsets:

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