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GSS VI: 308

When His Majesty commanded a poem, during the reign of the Engi emperor.

しら露をかぜの吹きしくあきののはつらぬきとめぬ玉ぞちりける

siratuyo wo
kaze no Fukisiku
aki no no Fa
tsuranuki tomenu
tama zo tirikeru
Silver dewdrops,
In the ever-blowing wind
Across the autumn meadows
Never remaining threaded are
Those scattered gemstones.

Fun’ya no Asayasu

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

SKKS XII: 1141

On the conception of praying for love, when he held a poetry match in one hundred rounds at his house.

いくよわれなみにしをれてき舟がは袖に玉ちる物おもふらん

iku yo ware
nami ni shiorete
kibunegawa
sode ni tama chiru
mono’omouran
How many nights shall I spend
Drenched by the waves of
Kibune River, with
Sleeves scattered with the gemstones
Of my gloomy thoughts?[i]

The Regent and Grand Minister

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

[i] An allusive variation on GSIS XX: 1163, which is a response poem to GSIS XX: 1162.