Composed when the gentlemen in the Crown Prince’s service were presented with wine, on the occasion of Tadafusa being appointed Secretary of an embassy to China, during the reign of the Kanpyō emperor.
なよ竹のよながきうへにはつしものおきゐて物を思ふころかな
| nayotake no yo nagaki uFe ni Fatusimo no oki’wite mono wo omoFu koro kana | Green bamboo with Knots as far apart as the night is long While the first frost Settles on my active Thoughts these days! |
Fujiwara no Tadafusa