Composed on fresh greens, when he composed a hundred poem sequence of reminiscences.
さわにおふるわかなならねどいたづらにとしをつむにもそではぬれけり
| sawa ni ouru wakana naranedo itazura ni toshi o tsumu ni mo sode wa nurekeri |
Growing in the marshes As fresh greens do, they are not, yet With the pointless Gathering of years My sleeves are soaked. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成