Ono no Komachi: Quotes about heart

Ono no Komachi was Japanese poet. Explore interesting quotes on heart.
Ono no Komachi: 30   quotes 1   like

“So much I have learned:
the blossom that fades away,
its color unseen,
is the flower in the heart
of one who lives in this world.”

Ono no Komachi

Source: Helen Craig McCullough's translations, Kokin Wakashū: The First Imperial Anthology of Japanese Poetry (1985), p. 174

World , Color , Flowers , Learning

“This night of no moon
There is no way to meet him.
I rise in longing—
My breast pounds, a leaping flame,
My heart is consumed in fire.”

Ono no Komachi

Source: Donald Keene's Anthology of Japanese Literature (1955), p. 78

Way , Heart , Night

“Imperceptible
It withers in the world,
This flower-like human heart.”

Ono no Komachi

Source: Kenneth Rexroth's translations, One Hundred Poems from the Japanese (1955), p. 46

World , Flowers , Heart

“He does not come.
Tonight in the dark of the moon
I wake wanting him.
My breasts heave and blaze.
My heart chars.”

Ono no Komachi

Source: Kenneth Rexroth's translations, Women Poets of Japan (1982), p. 15

Heart

“You do not come
On this moonless night.
I wake wanting you.
My breasts heave and blaze.
My heart burns up.”

Ono no Komachi

Source: Kenneth Rexroth's translations, One Hundred More Poems from the Japanese (1976), p. 34

Heart , Night

“A thing which fades
With no outward sign—
Is the flower
Of the heart of man
In this world!”

Ono no Komachi

trans. Arthur Waley, p. 78
Donald Keene's Anthology of Japanese Literature (1955)

World , Flowers , Heart