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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn: those twenty-eight characters he was about to express all the depth of his
passion, and to suggest all the pain of his loss:-- [4]
Koshi o-son gojin wo ou;
Ryokuju namida wo tarete rakin wo hitataru;
Komon hitotabi irite fukaki koto umi no gotoshi;
Kore yori shoro kore rojin
[Closely, closely the youthful prince now follows after the gem-bright maid;--
The tears of the fair one, falling, have moistened all her robes.
But the august lord, having one become enamored of her -- the depth of his
longing is like the depth of the sea.
Therefore it is only I that am left forlorn,
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