A line from Japan
A small living planet you can hold.
The colour of the flowers has faded while I gazed out idly at the long rains, and my life passed by in the world.
花の色は 移りにけりな 徒に 我が身世にふる ながめせしまに
小野小町
Japanese poet · c. 9th c.–9th c.
From Japan; birthplace unknown
Kokinshū, poem 113 (Hyakunin Isshu 9)
Planet-X translation, 2026 · Source (opens the digitised edition in a new tab)