[One of] two poems composed by Yamanoue no Okura listing the flowers of the autumn fields.
萩の花尾花葛花なでしこの花をみなへしまた藤袴朝顔の花
| pagi no pana wobana kudupana nadesiko no pana wominapesi mata pudibakama asagapo no pana |
Bush clover blooms, Silver grass and kudzu, Pinks, Valerian And fujibakama, Morning glory blooms. |
Yamanoue no Okura
山上憶良
Pinks.
いつしかと起きうからでもみゆるかな咲くやあしたの床夏の花
| itsushika to okiukarademo miyuru kana saku ya ashita no tokonatsu no hana |
Eagerly to Rise is hard, indeed, yet Might I catch a glimpse Do you flower with the sunup O pink blossoms? |
Kei’un incorporates a play-on-words into his allusion, between asita no toko 朝の床 ‘bed at sunup’ in Sosei’s poem, and ashita no tokonatsu 朝の床夏 ‘pinks at sunup’ in his own.
みるからにかたへ涼しき夏衣日も夕暮のやまとなでしこ
| miru kara ni katae suzushiki natsu koromo hi mo yûgure no yamato nadeshiko |
At the sight How cool seems My summer garb: Tightening my sash, in the evening sun, A fringed-pink flowers. |