KKS XVIII: 991

Sent to someone whom he used to visit often to play go when he was in Tsukushi, after his return to the capital.

ふるさとは見しごともあらずをののえのくちし所ぞこひしかりける

Furusato Fa
misi goto mo arazu
wono no e no
kutisi tokoro zo
koFisikarikeru
The old place
Is not as I remember;
My axe handle
Rotted
in the place
Where I long to be.

Ki no Tomonori
紀友則

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