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two feet tall,
the crimson-budded roses,
their young thorns
tender in
the soft spring rain

the wall iris
opens its buds:
before my eyes
the last spring
begins to fade

I do not know the day
my pain will end yet
in the little garden
I had them plant
seeds of autumn flowers

thinking how soon
all in this world passes
I loved
the yellow roses
that now have scattered

how much longer
is my life?
a brief night...

I tried to speak your poems
but I could not!
The weeping of the gods
fell upon my ears.

wakened by pain
from a dream of pain
I wipe the sweat
and rose petals
scatter