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Kokoro ni mo Arade uki yo ni Nagaraeba Koishikarubeki Yowa no tsuki kana. IF in this troubled world of ours I still must linger on, My only friend shall be the moon, Which on my sadness shone, When other friends were gone. The Emperor Sanjō, who reigned A.D. 1012-1015) was the son of the Emperor Reisei; he fell into ill health, his palace was burnt down twice, and he was forced to abdicate by Michinaga Fujiwara (see verse No. 59)
Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file shi/hvj/hvj069.htm.
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