November 11, 1997

You say, "I will come."
And you do not come.
Now you say, "I will not come."
So I shall expect you.
Have I learned to understand you?

Komu to yu mo
Konu toki aru wo
Koji to yu wo
Komu to wa mataji
Koji to yu mono wo

LADY OTOMO NO SAKANOE

No one spoke,
The host, the guest,
The white chrysanthemums.

RYOTA

She said she would come
At once, and so I waited
Till the moon rose
In the October dawn.

Ima komu to
Iishi bakari ni
Naga tsuki no
Ari ake no tsuki
Wo machi izuru kana

THE MONK SOSEI

The reverse side is also the reverse side.