GSIS XX: 1214

When someone was holding a plant-matching contest, and plants like morning glories were being compared, and a mirror blossom lay near her.

まけがたの耻かしげなる朝顏を鏡草にも見せてける哉

makegata no
Fadukasigenaru
asagaFo wo
kagamigusa ni mo
misetekeru kana
The loser
Seems so bashful:
The morning glory
To the mirror bloom
Has displayed herself!

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