Kurōdo no tō-ke uta’awase 3

おもひやるほしあひのそらのこころにもふりすてがたきすずむしのこゑ

omoiyaru
hoshiai no sora no
kokoro ni mo
furisutegataki
suzumushi no koe
Pondering upon
The sky of trysting stars,
Deep within my heart
I find it hard to cast aside
The bell crickets’ song.

Yukiyori[1]


[1] Tachibana no Yukiyori 橘行頼 (dates unknown): Yukiyori was the son of Tachibana no Yukihira (dates unknown), and appears as a minor poet in Shūishū (IV: 231).

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