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Kokinshū

KKS XIV: 715

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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
kikeba kanasi na
natu koromo
usuku ya Fito no
naramu to omoFeba		 The cicadas’ cry:
There’s a sadness in the sound;
Summer clothes
Are thin, as her feelings
Will be, I feel.

Tomonori
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Kokinshū

KKS XIII: 667

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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
koFureba kurusi
tama no wo no
taete midaremu
Fito na togame so		 To keep within my heart
All my love-it hurts too much!
My life, a belt of jewels:
I’ll break it and scatter them all round!
Do not reprove me, everyone!

Tomonori
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Kokinshū

KKS XIII: 661

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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
iro ni Fa idezi
kakure nu no
sita ni kayoFite
koFi Fa sinu tomo		The crimson
Of passion I’ll not display,
Beneath this hidden marsh
Flow waters back and forth,
Though I die of this love.

Ki no Tomonori
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