いづくにて世をばつくさむすがはらやふしみの里もあれぬといふものを
| izuku nite yo oba tsukusamu sugawara ya fushimi no sato mo arenu to iu mono o | Where, indeed, Should I live my life? For among the sedge beds The estate of Fushimi Lies in ruins…[i] |
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[i] See: Topic unknown. いざこゝにわが世は經なむ菅原や伏見の里の荒れまくもおし iza koko ni / wa ga yo wa henamu / sugawara ya / fushimi no sato no / aremaku mo oshi ‘So, here / I will pass my days: / The sedge beds of / My estate at Fushimi are / All overgrown – so sad!’ Anonymous (Kokinshū XVIII: 981)