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Kokin rokujō I: 43

はるたたばわかなつまんとしめしのにきのふもけふも雪はふりつつ

haru tataba
wakana tsuman to
shimeshi no ni
kinō mo kyō mo
yuki wa furitsutsu
If the spring has come, then
I would think to pick fresh herbs, but
Upon my roped off meadow
Yesterday and today, too,
The snow is ever falling…

Akahito

MYS II: 107

A poem presented by Prince Ōtsu to the Elder Maiden of Ishikawa.

足日木乃 山之四付二 妹待跡 吾立所沾 山之四附二

あしひきの山のしづくに妹待つとわれ立ち濡れぬ山のしづくに

asipiki no
yama no siduku ni
imo matu to
ware tatinurenu
yama no siduku ni
On the leg-wearying
Mountain, among the droplets
I await my darling, so
Standing there, I’ll be drenched
By the mountain droplets!
A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
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