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Kinkai wakashū 136

Deutzia

わがやどのかきねにさける卯花のうきことしげき世にこそ有りけれ

wa ga yado no
kakine ni sakeru
unohana no
uki koto shigeki
yo ni koso arikere
At my house
Upon the brushwood fence bloom
Deutzia flowers—
Sad things, alone, grow well
Indeed, in this world of ours! [i]
A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.

[i] An allusive variation on: On blossom. うぐひすのかよふかきねのうのはなのうきことあれやきみがきまさぬ uguisu no / kayou kakine no / unohana no / uki koto are ya / kimi ga kimasanu ‘The warbler / Flits around my brushwood fence’s / Deutzia blooms— / Is there some sad event which / Stops my Lord from coming?’ Anonymous (MYS X: 1988).

MYS X: 1988

On blossom.

鶯之 徃来垣根乃 宇能花之 猒事有哉 君之不来座

うぐひすのかよふかきねのうのはなのうきことあれやきみがきまさぬ

ugupisu no
kayopu kakine no
unopana no
uki koto are ya
kimi ga kimasanu
The warbler
Flits around my brushwood fence’s
Deutzia blooms—
Is there some sad event which
Stops my Lord from coming?

Anonymous

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
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