SCSS XII: 772

Composed as a love poem for a hundred poem sequence at the residence of the Gokyōgoku Regent.

世とともにかわくまもなきわがそでやしほひもわかぬ浪のした草

yo to tomo ni
kawaku ma mo naki
wa ga sode ya
shiohi mo wakanu
nami no shitagusa
With the passing time,
Not a moment dry
Are my sleeves;
Low tide does not reveal
The seaweed beneath the waves…

Lord Fujiwara no Takanobu
藤原隆信朝臣

This poem is included in Roppyakuban uta’awase (1024).

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