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In this art of poetry, those who speak ill of Teika should be denied the protection of the gods and Buddhas and condemned to the punishments of hell.

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All these images
from a world of long ago—
of what good are they?
Pine winds, come—please blow away
these unforgotten dreams.

When I
look upon
of summer hairs
by a deer
drawn
at night
to a hunter's torch.

How cruel the voice
that bars me from traveling
the way of dreams.
Not a man, but still a gate guard
is that wind in the reeds.

As if to say—
"Isn't it true for men, as well:
that the more the words,
the less they are of value?"—
the cuckoo does not call again.

Even in one’s sleep,
it is dreams of this world one sees,
and of no other;
just as there is no dawning here
that brings true awakening.

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