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おきつかぜ夜半にふくらし難波がたあか月かけて浪ぞよすなる
oki tsu kaze
yowa ni fukurashi
naniwagata
akatsuki kakete
nami zo yosu naru | The wind from out the offing
Has blown throughout the night, it seems:
At Naniwa Inlet
With the break of dawn
The waves roll in! |
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Sadayori
Composed on the topic of lingering snow for a poetry match held by Her Majesty, the Empress during the reign of the Goreizei emperor:
はなならでをらまほしきはなにはえのあしのわかばにふれるしらゆき
Fana narade
woramahosiki Fa
naniFae no
asi no wakaba ni
Fureru shirayuki | Though they are not blossoms
How I long to pick
At Naniwa Inlet
From the new-grown reed tips
Fallen snowflakes. |
Lord Fujiwara no Norinaga
'Simply moving and elegant'
