Sankashū I: 9

When spring had arrived, I accompanied someone to the estate at Shiga, who had gone there due to a directional taboo, and seeing the haze over Meeting Hill…

わきてけふあふさか山のかすめるはたちおくれたる春やこゆらん

wakite kyō
ausakayama no
kasumeru wa
tachi’okuretaru
haru ya koyuran
Particularly, today,
The mount of Meeting Hill
Is hazed:
Is late arriving
Spring a’crossing it, I wonder?

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