Recollections of My Children

Ne'er a melon can I eat,
But calls to mind my children dear;
Ne'er a chestnut crisp and sweet,
But makes the lov'd ones seem more near.
Whence did they come my life to cheer?
Before mine eyes they seem to sweep,
So that I may not even sleep.
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YamanoƩ no Okura
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