Composed on the conception of hawking.
かりくらしかたののましば折敷きてよどのかはせの月をみるかな
karikurashi katano no mashiba orishikite yodo no kawase no tsuki o miru kana | While hunting night has fallen, so In Katano brushwood I’ll break and spread around, then In the Yodo’s rapids I’ll gaze upon the moon! |
Kinhira, Middle Captain of the Inner Palace Guards, Left Division