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"As if to say— "Isnt it true for men, as well: that the more the words, the less they are of value?"— the cuckoo does not call again."
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ShotetsuI had forgotten— — Shotetsu
"I had forgotten— as I kept on forgetting to remind myself that those who vow to forget are the ones who cant forget."
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Shōtetsu was a Japanese poet during the Muromachi period. He is considered to have been the last poet in the courtly waka tradition and a number of his disciples were important in the development of the renga art form, which led to the haiku.
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"When I look upon the rich sheen of summer hairs in my new brush, I am saddened by a deer drawn at night to a hunters torch."
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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."
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"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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"If one continues to compose poems of the sort that everyone else considers good, one must remain forever at that ordinary level. On the other hand, when one writes poems whose essence is profound and difficult, others fail to understand them, and this is frustrating."
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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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