Daigo ōntoki kiku awase 06

ももしきにをしみとめたるきくのはないくたびおかむ霜にうつらん

momoshiki ni
oshimi tometaru
kiku no hana
iku tabi okamu
shimo ni utsuran
Within the hundredfold palace
Regretfully lingering are
Chrysanthemum blooms—
How many times, I wonder, will they be struck
By falling frost?

[Ōe no] Chifuru
11

霜がれにをしみはじむるきくのはなちるまつまでにちらずもあらなん

shimogare ni
oshimi hajimuru
kiku no hana
chiru matsu made ni
chirazu mo aranan
Burned by frost
Regrets begin for
The chrysanthemum blooms
While waiting for them to scatter
I wish that they’d not, at all…

Susuku
12

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