16 Quotes by Izumi Shikibu

Oi elämäni, toivoton sammumaton.Miten kadehdintuulen tuivertamiasoihtuja yössä.

In this world love has no color yet how deeply my body is stained by yours.

Watching the moon at midnight, solitary, mid-sky, I knew myself completely, no part left out.

Even when a river of tears courses through this body, the flame of love cannot be quenched.

Come quickly – as soon as these blossoms open, they fall. This world exists as a sheen of dew on flowers.

In love longing I listen to the monk’s bell. I will never forget you even for an interval short as those between the bell notes.

The one close to me now; even my own body – these too will soon become clouds, floating in different directions.