3.24.2021
it is the deeply-bedded root that I desire
As I dig for wild orchids
in the autumn fields,
it is the deeply-bedded root
that I desire,
not the flower.
[
Izumi Shikibu
{
976-1030
} 'As I dig for wild orchids' {trans. by Jane Hirschfield with Mariko Aratani} from
Into the Garden
]
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