Someone passes [ ... ]
Herstory II: 13 Japanese Lyrics
Song Cycle by Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (b. 1941)
1. Lady Murasaki Shikibu  [sung text checked 1 time]
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- by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982), copyright ©
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- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Lady Murasaki Shikibu (974 - 1031) [text unavailable]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.2. Lady Kasa  [sung text checked 1 time]
I love and fear him [ ... ]
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- by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982), copyright ©
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- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Lady Kasa (flourished 8th century) [text unavailable]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.3. Lady Kasa (II)  [sung text checked 1 time]
I dreamed I held [ ... ]
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- by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982), copyright ©
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- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Lady Kasa (flourished 8th century) [text unavailable]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.4. Lady Otomo No Sakanoe  [sung text checked 1 time]
Do not smile to yourself [ ... ]
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- by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982), copyright ©
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- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Lady Otomo No Sakanoe (flourished 8th century) [text unavailable]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.5. Lady Suo  [sung text checked 1 time]
That spring night I spent [ ... ]
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- by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982), copyright ©
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- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Lady Suo (flourished 11th century) [text unavailable]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.6. Lady Horikawa  [sung text checked 1 time]
Will he always love me? [ ... ]
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- by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982), copyright ©
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- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Lady Horiwaka (flourished 12th century) [text unavailable]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.7. Lady Ukon  [sung text checked 1 time]
It does not matter [ ... ]
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- by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982), copyright ©
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- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Lady Ukon (flourished 9th century) [text unavailable]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.8. Lady Otomo No Sakanoe (II)  [sung text checked 1 time]
You say, "I will come." [ ... ]
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- by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982), copyright ©
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- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Lady Otomo No Sakanoe (flourished 8th century) [text unavailable]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.9. Lady Akazome Emon  [sung text checked 1 time]
I should not have waited [ ... ]
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- by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982), copyright ©
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- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Lady Akazome Emon (flourished 11th century) [text unavailable]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.10. The Mother of the Commander Michitsuna  [sung text checked 1 time]
Have you any idea [ ... ]
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- by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982), copyright ©
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- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Michitsuna no Haha (c935 - c995) [text unavailable]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.11. The Poetess Ono No Komachi  [sung text checked 1 time]
Imperceptible [ ... ]
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- by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982), copyright ©
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- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Ono no Komachi (c825 - c900) [text unavailable]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.12. Lady Izumi Shikibu  [sung text checked 1 time]
I go out of the darkness [ ... ]
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- by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982), copyright ©
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- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Izumi Shikibu, Lady (987 - 1011) [text unavailable]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.13. Lady Izumi Shikibu (II)  [sung text checked 1 time]
Will I cease to be [ ... ]
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- by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982), copyright ©
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- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Izumi Shikibu, Lady (987 - 1011) [text unavailable]
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