Man’yoshu
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Referring to flowers
That you like me not
It may well be—
Yet will you not come
Even to see the orange tree
Abloom in my dooryard?
Anonymous
Referring to snow
Having met you as in a dream,
I feel I would dissolve, body and soul,
Like the snow that falls,
Darkening the heavens.
Anonymous
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Tonight I am coming
To visit you in your dream,
And none will see and question me—
Be sure to leave your door unlocked!
Anonymous
