Eikyū hyakushu 99

Azaleas (躑躅)

しづのをがかりてはやせるをかつつじわか枝に花のさきにけるかな

shizu no o ga
karite wa yaseru
okatsutsuji
wakae ni hana no
sakinikeru kana
A peasant’s
Reaping thins out
The azaleas on the hillside;
On the new-grown branches do blooms
Now blossom out!

Akinaka

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