The palm at the end of the mind, beyond the last thought, rises in the bronze distance. A gold feathered bird sings in the palm, without human meaning, without human feeling, a foreign song. You know then that it is not the reason that makes us happy or unhappy.
The bird sings. Its feathers shine. The palm stands on the edge of space. The wind moves slowly in the branches. The bird's fire-fangled feathers dangle down.

Monday, November 6, 2023

An Answer

Even if I now saw you 

only once,

I would long for you 

through worlds,

worlds.

--Isumi Shikibu

translated by Hirshfield and Aratani

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