<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p>Although the wind</p><p></p><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">Although the wind</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">blows terribly here,</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">the moonlight also leaks</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">between the roof planks</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">of this ruined house.</div><p></p><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Izumi Shikibu<div><i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(Translated by Jane Hirshfield</i> )<br></div>
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