| In chapter 11 we saw a card game where you had to guess the poetry they recited. I researched that the poem comes out of the book "Hyakunin Isshu (百人一首)", it is a traditional anthology style compilation of Japanese poetry where several poets write a poem for the book. The game they played is called uta-garuta (歌がるた) or karuta(かるた), in which they use the poems from the said book and used to play it on New Year's Day. The poem: あらざらむ この世のほかの 思ひ出に いまひとたびの 逢ふこともがな I don't want to give a bad translation beyond the subtitles but the poem belongs to Izumi Shikibu, or you can look for the book Hyajunin Isshu. In this poem, she expresses feelings of love and nostalgia. If it were not for the memories we share, life would be empty. It is a melancholy reflection on the ephemeral nature of short life and the importance of memories in our lives. The idea of uncertainty and the improbability of a future encounter. Which fits perfectly wit h the theme of , as well as the whole theme of the final chapter.  |
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