SKKS IV: 334

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さをしかのあさたつ野べの秋はぎに玉とみるまでおけるしらつゆ

saoshika no
asa tatsu nobe no
akihagi ni
tama to miru made
okeru shiratsuyu
Stags
Stand in the morning meadows, where
Upon the autumn bush clover
As gemstones appearing
Have fallen silver dewdrops.

Middle Counsellor Yakamochi[i]


[i] This poem is included in Man’yōshū (VIII: 1598).

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