Izumi Shikibu Quotes

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

  Izumi Shikibu

  Sad, Flames, Rivers

  no Komachi Ono, Izumi Shikibu (2015). “The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi anmd Izumi Shikibu, Women of teh Ancient Court of Japan”, p.128, Vintage

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

  Izumi Shikibu

  Color, World Love, Body

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

  Izumi Shikibu

  Flower, Fall, Dew

  Liza Lim, Izumi Shikibu (2000). “Burning house: for koto and voice (1 performer) (1995)”

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• Rather than recallin these flowersthe fragrance of the past,I would like to hear this nightingale's voice,to know if his song is as sweet.

  Izumi Shikibu

  Song, Sweet, Past

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• Although I try / to hold the single thought / of Buddha's teaching in my heart, / I cannot help but hear / the many crickets' voices calling as well.

  Izumi Shikibu

  Teaching, Heart, Voice

  Izumi Shikibu, “Although I Try”

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

  Izumi Shikibu

  Clouds, Different, Floating

  no Komachi Ono, Izumi Shikibu (2015). “The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi anmd Izumi Shikibu, Women of teh Ancient Court of Japan”, p.147, Vintage

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

  Izumi Shikibu

  Moon, Sky, Midnight

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• 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.

  Izumi Shikibu

  Bells, Never Forget, Longing

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