A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Dowager Empress during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
蝉のこゑきけばかなしな夏衣うすくや人のならむと思へば
| semi no kowe kikeba kanasi na natu koromo usuku ya Fito no naramu to omoFeba |
The cicadas’ cry: There’s a sadness in the sound; Summer clothes Are thin, as her feelings Will be, I feel. |
Tomonori
紀友則