Daigo ōntoki kiku awase 05

いづこにかかをやどすらんきくのはな色をば霜にとどめおきつつ

izuko ni ka
ka o yadosuran
kiku no hana
iro oba shimo ni
todome’okitsutsu
Where is it that
Their fragrance will find lodging?
For the chrysanthemum blooms’
Hues by the frost’s
Fall have been ended…

Taira no Koremochi
9

うつろはぬさきにをりてもきくの花霜の心もうしろめたきに

utsurowanu
saki ni orite mo
kiku no hana
shimo no kokoro mo
ushirometaki ni
Yet unfaded,
Earlier were picked
These chrysanthemum blooms, for
The frost’s heart, too,
Cannot be trusted…

[Fujiwara no] Korehira
10

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