SKKS XVII: 1673

From a hundred poem sequence of reminiscences.

いかにせんしづがそのふのおくのたけかきこもるとも世中ぞかし

ika ni sen
shizu ga sono no
oku no take
kakikomoru to mo
yo no naka zo kashi
What is to be done?
In a humble garden’s
Heart, with a bamboo
Fence to keep it out, yet
The world of men…

Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成

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