KKS IV: 207

A poem from a poetry competition at Prince Koresada’s house.

秋風にはつかりがねぞきこゆなるたがたまづさをかけてきつらむ

akikaze ni
Fatukari ga ne zo
kikoyunaru
ta ga tamadusa wo
kaketekituran
On the autumn wind
Come the first goose cries.
I hear them;
Whose letters
Do they bring, I wonder?

Ki no Tomonori
紀友則

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