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あさづまやはたさす駒に声たててせたのながはしひきわたすなり
asazuma ya
hata sasu koma ni
koe tatete
seta no nagahashi
hikiwatasunari | In Asazuma
To the flag-flying colts
I will call out, and
Across the lengthy bridge at Seta
Will I draw them! |
Akinaka
Composed for a folding screen with a picture suited to a month of the year upon it.
あふさかの関のし水に影見えて今やひくらんもち月のこま
aFusaka no
seki no simidu ni
kage miete
ima ya Fikuran
motiduki no koma | In Ausaka
Barrier’s spring waters
Are they reflected;
Is it now they’re taken hence,
The colts of Mochizuki? |
Ki no Tsurayuki
'Simply moving and elegant'