Parading

Which is the least unreliable

among fickle things —
among fickle things —
the swift rapids,
the swift rapids,
a flowing river,
a flowing river,
or this human world? —Izumi Shikibu, translated by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani
or this human world?
—Izumi Shikibu, translated by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani

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