When chrysanthemums were called for at the Ninna-ji, with a command that a poem be attached to them, he composed this and presented it.
秋をおきて時こそ有けれ菊の花うつろふからに色のまされば
| aki wo okite toki koso arikere kiku no Fana uturoFu kara ni iro no masareba |
Quite apart from Autumn, There is another season for Chrysanthemum blooms For as they fade, The colours become finer still. |
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今よりはうゑてだに見じ花すすきほにいづる秋はわびしかりけり
| ima yori Fa uFete dani mizi Fana susuki Fo ni iduru aki Fa wabisikarikeri |
Henceforth Were I to plant them, I’d not look upon Miscanthus flowers in Autumn, when the ears are swelling; How lonely… |
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Composed during the reign of Emperor Uda when men from the Chamberlain’s Office were composing poems when about to return from Sagano, where they had gone to view the flowers.
花にあかでなにかへるらむをみなへしおほかるのべにねなましものを
| Fana ni akade nani kaFeruran wominaFesi oFokaru nobe ni nenamasi mono wo |
Still unsated by the blooms, So why return home? The maidenflowers Fill this meadow: Here’s where I would sleep! |
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