SKKS XVIII: 1809

Composed on the spirit of early dawn.

あか月とつげの枕をそばだてゝきくもかなしき鐘のをと哉

akatsuki to
tsuge no makura o
sobadatete
kiku mo kanashiki
kane no oto kana
‘Dawn has come!’
From my boxwood pillow
I hark;
To hear it is such a sorrow:
That tolling bell.

Master of the Dowager Empress Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成

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