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SKKS III: 274

Composed on ‘enjoying cool’ for the Poetry Match held by Yorisuke, the Minister of Justice.

ひさぎ生ふるかた山かげにしのびつつふきけるものを秋の夕風

hisagi ouru
katayama kage ni
shinobitsutsu
fukikeru mono o
aki no yūkaze
Where red-oaks grow and
Cast their shade upon the mountain slopes
Ever secretly
Does it blow—
The autumn evening breeze.

Shun’e

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

Kinkai wakashū 4

うちなびき春さりくればひさぎおふるかた山かげに鶯ぞなく

uchinabiki
haru sarikureba
hisagi ouru
katayama kage ni
uguisu zo naku
Trailing in
Comes spring, then
Where red-oaks grow and
Cast their shade upon the mountain slopes
A warbler sings![i]

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A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

[i] An allusive variation on: Composed on ‘enjoying cool’ for the Poetry Match held by Yorisuke, the Minister of Justice. ひさぎ生ふるかた山かげにしのびつつふきけるものを秋の夕風 hisagi ouru / katayama kage ni / shinobitsutsu / fukikeru mono o / aki no yūkaze ‘Where red-oaks grow and  / Cast their shade upon the mountain slopes / Ever secretly does it blow— / The autumn evening breeze.’ Shune (SKKS IV: 274).