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In love longing I listen to the monk's bell. I will never forget you even for an interval short as those between the bell notes.

Izumi Shikibu

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Izumi Shikibu
Died: 1033
Died: January 1
Lady-In-Waiting
Poet
Writer
Lady Izumi
Seishin Insei Hōni
Forget
Intervals
Even
Bell
Never
Monk
Love
Bells
Longing
Notes
Short
Listen
Interval

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