The Tale of Genji (by Murasaki Shikibu)

"When the clouds to me seem always to be the smoke that rose from her pyre,

how fondly i rest my eyes on the evening sky."

• From The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Sikibu, translated by Royall Tyler (Penguin Classics edition). The background photo is licensed under Creative Commons 3.0 (CC 3.0).

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