つひにゆく
道とはかねて
聞きしかど
昨日今日とは
思はざりしを

tsui ni yuku 
michi to wa kanete
kikishikado
kinō kyō to wa
omouwazarishi wo

Long ago I heard
That this is the road we must all
Travel in the end,
But I never thought it might
Be yesterday or today.
-Ariwara no Narihira

Art by Yoshitoshi, “Ariwara no Narihira looking for the ghost of Ono no Komachi”