Sanekata Shū 73

Composed when Controller Tametō said he was going pheasant hunting on hearing that his lady at Sanjō had given birth to their first child.

きゞすゝむ小塩の原の小松原とりはじめたる千代のかずかも

kigisu sumu
wosiFo no Fara no
komatubara
toriFazimetaru
tiyo no kazu kamo
Pheasant roosting
Oshio Fields
Pine saplings do but
Begin to number
The one thousand generations of his years.

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