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[karadin.livejournal.com]

Hearing the warbler sing among the blossoms
and the frog that lives in the waters --
is there any living thing not given to song?
It is poetry which, without exertion, moves heaven and earth,
stirs the feelings of gods and spirits invisible to the eye,
softens the relations between men and women,
calms the hearts of fierce warriors.


Preface to the Kikinshu - Japanese Poems
Ki no Tsurayuki

Comments

[lilyginnyblack.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love this poem! Especially that last line, "calms the hearts of fierce warriors." Just the thought alone, of the power of poetry, of song. Thanks for posting and sharing! ^^