SKKS XVII: 1683

To say that from now on they should rest and relax in the pines’ shade, when he visited someone’s house.

かげにとて立ちかくるれば唐衣ぬれぬ雨ふるまつの声かな

kage ni tote
tachikakurureba
karakoromo
nurenu ame furu
matsu no koe kana
In the shade, I say,
To stand and hide myself away, for
Upon my Cathay robe
Will fall soughing rain—
The sound of pines!

Tsurayuki

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