In this forlorn state I find life dreary indeed: if a stream beckoned, I would gladly cut my roots and float away like duckweed. (Ono no Komachi)

In this forlorn state I find life dreary indeed: if a stream beckoned, I would gladly cut my roots and float away like duckweed.

Ono no Komachi

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