aoigusa kazura ni kakete chihayaburu kamo no matsuri o neru ya ta ga ko zo
With hollyhocks For a garland At the mighty Kamo Festival Processing, who might that lad be?[i]
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[i] See. Topic unknown. ちはやぶるかもの社のゆふだすきひとひも君をかけぬ日はなし chihayaburu / kamo no yashiro no / yūdasuki / hito hi mo kimi o / kakenu hi wa nashi ‘At puissant / Kamo Shrine / Mulberry cord ties up the sleeves / Every day; and of you / There’s not a single day that I think not.’ Anonymous (Kokinshū XI: 487); and: A sacred poem. 銀のめぬきのたちをさげはきてならの宮こをねるやたがこぞ shirogane no / menuki no tachi o / sagehakite / nara no miyako o / neru ya ta ga ko zo ‘With a silver / Hilted sword / A’dangling from his belt, and / Through the Nara capital / Processing, who might that lad be?’ Anonymous (Shūishū X: 583)
