Kuraki yori
Kuraki michi ni zo
lrinubeki
Haruka ni terase
Yama no ha no tsuki.
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Translated by Arthur Waley | "Said to be [Izumi Shikibu's] death-verse; the moon may refer to Buddha's teachings." Anthology Of Japanese Literature (1955) by Donald Keene, p. 92 | Included in the Shūi Wakashū (c. 1005)