SCSS II: 93

In the spring of Kenryaku 2 [1212] when there had been a match of Cathay-style poetry at the palace, he composed this on the topic of ‘a spring dawn at a dwelling in the mountains’.

月かげのこずゑにのこる山のはに花もかすめるはるのあけぼの

tsukikage no
kozue ni nokoru
yama no ha ni
hana mo kasumeru
haru no akebono
The moonlight
Lingers ‘pon the treetops
On the mountains’ edge;
The blossoms are all hazy
At the dawn in sprintime.

The Rokujō Lay Priest and Former Chancellor
[Fujiwara no Yorizane 藤原頼実 (1155-1225)]

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