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SKKS XIII: 1210

When responding to the topic ‘widely spaced they are’ in the reign of the Tenryaku emperor.

なれゆくはうき世なればやすまのあまのしほやき衣まどほなるらん

nareyuku wa
ukiyo nareba ya
suma no ama no
shioyaki koromo
madōnaruran
Affection
Turns to cruelty, does it not?
The fisher folk at Suma
Burn salt in robes with
Wide gaps, it seems…[1]

Princess Yoshiko, Junior Consort

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

[1] An allusive variation on KKS XV: 758.

GSIS XI: 607

Sent to the residence of her wet nurse, to say that he wished to converse to a lady.

かくなむと蜑の漁火ほのめかせ磯べの波の折もよからば

kaku namu to
ama no isaribi
Fonomekase
isobe no nami no
wori mo yokaraba
Say “It is here,”
As the fisher folk’s fires
Faintly
With the waves toward the rocky shore
Draw near, in time…

Minamoto no Yorimitsu
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