Dairi kiku awase 01

Poems from a Chrysanthemum Match held by the Senior Courtier Gentlemen in the presence of His Majesty, 13th day of the Tenth Month, Engi 13.

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ちりはててはななきときのはななればうつろふいろのをしくもあるかな

chirihatete
hakanaki toki no
hana nareba
utsurou iro no
oshiku mo aru kana
All scattered now,
For such a brief time are
These flowers here;
The fading of their hues
Is something I regret!


Okikaze
1

しらくものうへにしうつるきくなればいたくをにほへはなとみるべく

shirakumo no
uenishi utsuru
kiku nareba
itaku o nioe
hana to mirubeku
A white cloud,
Planted is this gleaming
Chrysanthemum, so
Bright, indeed, shining
Does the bloom look to be…

Suetada
2

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