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KKS XVII: 892

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おほあらきのもりのした草おいぬれば駒もすさめずかる人もなし

oFoaraki no
mori no sitakusa
oinureba
koma mo susameszu
karu Fito mo nasi
In Oaraki
Forest the undergrowth
Has grown so old
It does not tempt my mount,
Nor will any come to reap it.
sakura asa no
woFu no sitakusa
oinureba
koma mo susameszu
karu Fito mo nasi
Cherry hemp
Growing, the grass beneath it
Has grown so old
It does not tempt my mount,
Nor will any come to reap it.

Anonymous

SKKS III: 185

A summer poem, from when she presented a hundred poem sequence to retired Emperor Sutoku.

さくらあさのをふのしたくさしげれたゞあかでわかれし花の名なれば

sakura asa no
ou no shitakusa
shigere tada
akade wakareshi
hana no na nareba
Cherry hemp
Growing, the grass beneath it
So lush! Simply
Never sating – as parting
Is in this blossom’s name….

Lady Asa of the Taikenmon Palace