Love Like Fallen Leaves

asa goto ni

koe o osamuru

kaze no oto wa

yo o hete karuru

hito no kokoro ka

Each morning

The wind dies down

and the rustling leaves goes silent:

Was this the passion of all-night lovers

now talked out and parting?

~Saigyo~

from: Awesome Nightfall: The Life, TImes and Poetry of Saigyo by William R. LaFleur