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STRAY BIRDS 86 " far are you from me, O Fruit?"

I am hidden in your heart, O

87 longing is for the one who is felt in the dark, but not seen in the day.

" are the big drop of dew under the lotus leaf, I am the smaller one on its upper side," said the dewdrop to the lake.

89 scabbard is content to be dull when it protects the keenness of the sword. [28]