KKS IV: 222

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萩の露玉にぬかむととればけぬよし見む人は枝ながら見よ

Fagi no tuyu
tama ni nukan to
toreba kenu
yosi min Fito Fa
eda nagara miyo
Dew upon the bush clover:
Little jewels to thread,
Vanished at a touch;
So, those who would see them
Look upon the branches.

Anonymous.

According to some, this poem is by the Nara Emperor.

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