SKS IV: 149

Composed when caught in a shower, while making a pilgrimage to one hundred temples in Higashiyama. 

もろともに山めぐりするしぐれかなふるにかひなき身とはしらずや

morotomo ni
yamamegurisuru
sigure kana
Furu ni kaFinaki
mi to Fa sirazu ya
Together with me
On my mountain pilgrimage are
The showers!
‘Tis pointless to fall
On my sorry self, don’t you know!

Master of the Left Capital Office Michimasa

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