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Hyakunin Isshu: poem 17 (Ariwara no Narihira・chihayaburu)

Impassionate gods have never seen crimson that lies in the Tatsuta River.

Hyakunin Isshu: poem 16 (Ariwara no Yukihira・tachiwakare)

Note that though we may be apart, if I am to hear that you pine for me as the Inaba mountain pines, I shall return to you.