GSS V: 223

Sent to him from a woman’s house around the Seventh Month:

秋萩を色どる風の吹ぬれば人の心もうたがはれけり

aki Fagi wo
irodoru kaze no
Fukinureba
Fito no kokoro mo
utagaFarekeri
To the Autumn bush clover
The wind brings scarlet hues;
When it blows
A man’s heart
May give one cause to doubt.

Anonymous.

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