Composed on seeing the blinds being moved by the wind one evening, around the 20^th day of the Waterless Month.

秋ちかくなるしるしにや玉簾こすのまとほし風のすずしき

aki chikaku naru shirushi ni ya tamasudare kosu no ma tōshi kaze no suzushiki

Of approaching autumn Is this a sign, perhaps? Hung with jewels The blinds’ gaps reveal The coolness of the wind.[i]

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[i] An allusive variation on: Composed on the moon. 玉垂之　小簾之間通　独居而　見験無　暮月夜鴨 tamadare no / osu no ma tōshi / hitori ite / miru shirushinaki / yūzukuyo kamo ‘Hung with jewels / The blinds’ gaps reveal / Me sitting here alone / How pointless to be gazing out / At the rising moon tonight!’ Anonymous (MYS VII: 1073).