SHIMA-NO-MIYA

The birds we've set free

On the curved pond at the Shima palace

With loving attachment still they yearn

To catch his eye, and this is why their heads

They do not dip their heads beneath its surface

Man'yoshu I 70



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Authoring: Yasuhito Kakiya

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