Kinkai wakashū 558

Sent to lady’s residence around the Godless Month.

時雨のみふるの神杉ふりぬれどいかにせむとか色のつれなき

shigure nomi
furu no kamisugi
furinuredo
ika ni semu to ka
iro no tsurenaki
Simply showers
Fall upon Furu’s divine cedars—
Grown old now, yet
What am I to do, for
Cruelty is your only passionate hue?

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