KKS XII: 564

A poem composed at a competition held by Her Majesty, the Empress during the Kampyō era (889-898).

わが宿の菊のかきねにをく霜のきえかへりてぞ戀しかりける

wa ga yado no
kiku no kakine ni
woku simo no
kiekaFerite zo
koFisikarikeru
At my house
On chrysanthemums by the fence
The frost settles only to
Vanish and return again;
Even so is my love.

Ki no Tomonori
紀友則

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