SIS XIX: 1216

When he was sent into exile.

あめの下のがるゝ人のなければや着てし濡れ衣干るよしもなき

ame no sita
nogaruru Fito no
nakereba ya
kitesi nureginu
Firu yosi mo naki
From the heavens’ falling rain,
No one escapes,
So,
Blameless, I wear my soaking clothes
With no way to dry them.

The Posthumous Grand Minister [Sugawara no Michizane]
菅原道真

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