(thing) by Gamaliel Thu Sep 14 2000 at 19:41:43
Lady Izumi Shikibu

Will I cease to be,
Or will I remember
Beyond the world,
Our last meeting together?

Arazaramu
Kono yo no hoka no
Omoide ni
Ima hito tabi no
Au knoto mogana

- translated by Kenneth Rexroth
from One Hundred Poems from the Japanese

I like it!