A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Dowager Empress during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.

紅の色にはいでじかくれぬのしたにかよひてこひはしぬとも

kurenawi no iro ni Fa idezi kakure nu no sita ni kayoFite koFi Fa sinu tomo

The crimson Of passion I’ll not display, Beneath this hidden marsh Flow waters back and forth, Though I die of this love.

Ki no Tomonori
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