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KKS III: 165

Composed on seeing the dew upon the lotus flowers.

はちすばのにごりにしまぬ心もてなにかはつゆを玉とあざむく

Fatisuba no
nigori ni simanu
kokoro mote
nanika Fa tuyu wo
tama to azamuku
Lotus leaves,
Untouched by murky depths
Retain their souls,
And yet somehow the dewdrops
Counterfeit jewels.

Archbishop Henjō
僧正遍昭