MYS XVI: 3853

Two poems making fun of a man who’s lost weight.

石麻呂に我れ物申す夏痩せによしといふものぞ鰻捕り食せ

ipamaro ni
ware monö mawosu
natu yase ni
yösi tö ipu monö zö
munagi tori mese
To Iwamaro
I say this:
If you’ve slimmed down in summer
There’s one thing that works:
Catch and eat eels!

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