Returning geese.

たまづさのはしがきかとも見ゆるかなとびおくれつつかへるかりがね

tamazusa no hashigaki ka tomo miyuru kana tobi’okuretsutsu kaeru kari ga ne

As on a jewelled missive’s Margin scribbled, perhaps, Do they appear! Parted from their flock in flight, Cry returning geese.[i]

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[i] See:

Composed on returning geese.

うすずみにかくたまづさとみゆるかなかすめるそらにかへるかりがね

usuzumi ni kaku tamazusa to miyuru kana kasumeru sora ni kaeru kari ga ne

As on pale grey paper Scribed, a jewelled missive Do they appear! From the hazy sky comes The cries of returning geese…

 Kunimoto, Governor of Tsu
Goshūishū I: 71