SKKS XVII: 1686

On the spirit of a tranquil dwelling, from a hundred poem sequence commanded by the Monk-Prince Shukaku.

わくらばにとはれし人もむかしにてそれより庭のあとはたえにき

wakuraba ni
towareshi hito mo
mukashi nite
sore yori niwa no
ato wa taeniki
But rarely
Did he visit-now
‘Tis all in the past, and
Since then in the garden
Every single trace has gone.

Sada’ie
定家

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