by Lady Ukon (flourished 9th century)
Translation © by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982)
忘らるる/ 身をば思はず
Language: Japanese (日本語)
忘らるる 身をば思はず 誓ひてし 人の命の 惜しくもあるかな
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- Set to music by Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (b. 1941), "Lady Ukon", 1979 [ soprano, piano, and percussion ], from Herstory II: 13 Japanese Lyrics, no. 7
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- by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982), copyright ©
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