A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Dowager Empress during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
蝉のこゑきけばかなしな夏衣うすくや人のならむと思へば
semi no kowe
The cicadas’ cry:
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春霞たなびく山のさくら花見れどもあかぬ君にもあるかな
Farugasumi
The haze of spring
Tomonori
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わが戀をしのびかねては足引きの山橘の色にいでぬべし
wa ga koFi woasiFiki no
My love
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したにのみこふればくるし玉のをのたえてみだれむ人なとがめそ
sita ni nomi
To keep within my heart
Tomonori
A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Dowager Empress during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
紅の色にはいでじかくれぬのしたにかよひてこひはしぬとも
kurenawi no The crimson
Ki no Tomonori
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いのちやはなにぞはつゆのあだ物をあふにしかへばをしからなくに
inoti ya Fa
Life!
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事にいでて言はぬ計ぞ水無瀨河したに通ひてこひしき物を
koto ni idete
With words
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わがこひはしらぬ山ぢにあらなくに迷ふ心ぞわびしかりける
wa ga koFi Fa
My love,
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年をへてきえぬおもひは有りながらよるのたもとは猶こほりけり
tosi wo Fete
With the passing years
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しきたへの枕のしたに海はあれど人を見るめはおひずぞ有りける
sikitaFe no
The folded mulberry cloth
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