"Is this girl my old acquaintance?"
"Probably."
…
"Have you ever seen the girl?"
"You may know my father and mother, but you may not know me."
On the day I first saw them, the pear blossoms were in full bloom in the garden, but when spring came again, no one picked up the flowers to wear them. I only thought that I was lonely in the world of mortals and was about to leave, but I turned my vulgar resentment away and watched the blue sea grow with the tide.