Japanese Prints
The blinds are being lowered;

She who held your heart and charmed you

Is only a rosy glimmer of flame remembered.

[49]

[49]

 Fugitive Thoughts

My thoughts are sparrows passing

Through one great wave that breaks

In bubbles of gold on a black motionless rock.

[50]

[50]

 Disappointment

Rain rattles on the pavement,

Puddles stand in the bluish stones;

Afar in the Yoshiwara

Is she who holds my heart.

Alas, the torn lantern of my hope

Trembles and sputters in the rain.

[51]

[51]


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