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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