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This document provides translations and context for 11 waka poems from 4 Japanese imperial poetry anthologies between the 11th-12th centuries dealing with Buddhist themes of life passages like ordination and death. The poems explore the ambivalence of abandoning secular life, compare mourning to dissatisfaction with the world, and use metaphors like illusions or clouds to represent impermanence. The translations are accompanied by brief analyses of the poems

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Cinnamon Toast Adam

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