The apartment where Fujiwara no Toshimoto had lived when he was Middle Captain in the Right Imperial Bodyguards became vacant after his death and, late one autumn night when Arisuke was returning to the palace he glanced inside, noticing that the gardens which had been planted were growing in disorderly profusion and, as he had been in service there himself, he recalled times long past and composed:
君がうへし一群すゝき蟲のねのしげき野邊ともなりにけるかな
| kimi ga uFesi Fito mura sususki musi no ne no sigeki nobe to mo narinikeru kana |
My Lord, you planted A single clump of silver grass: The insects’ cries Are as profuse as the swath It has become… |
Miharu no Arisuke