Kinkai wakashū 216

Composed when I had gone hawking to a place called Togami Plain, and saw orchids blooming before a ruined hut.

秋風になににほふらん藤ばかまぬしはふりにしやどとしらずや

akikaze ni
nani niouran
fujibakama
nushi wa furinishi
yado to shirazu ya
In the autumn breeze,
Why do they shine so bright?
Do the purple petals, that
The master of this ancient
Dwelling is no more, not know?

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