“Even when a river of tears courses through this body, the flame of love cannot be quenched.”
Source: The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi anmd Izumi Shikibu, Women of teh Ancient Court of Japan
“Even when a river of tears courses through this body, the flame of love cannot be quenched.”
“In this world love has no color yet how deeply my body is stained by yours.”