“Out of the dark,
Into a dark path
I now must enter:
Shine on me from afar,
Moon of the mountain fringe!”

Translated by Arthur Waley
"Said to be [Izumi Shikibu's] death-verse; the moon may refer to Buddha's teachings." Anthology Of Japanese Literature (1955) by Donald Keene, p. 92

Original

Kuraki yori Kuraki michi ni zo lrinubeki Haruka ni terase Yama no ha no tsuki.

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