The Tale of Genji: Impressions of a First-Time Reader – Chapter 3, Utsusemi

The dew upon the fragile locust wing
Is lost among the leaves. Lost are my tears.

Utsusemi, to Genji

Murasaki Shikibu – The Tale of Genji – Chapter 3, Poem 2
Translated by Edward Seidensticker

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