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SKKS VIII: 760

Sent to Lord Michinobu, attached to a branch of cherry blossom, in spring, Shōryaku 2 [991], when in mourning for the emperor.

すみぞめのころもうき世の花ざかりをりわすれてもをりてけるかな

sumizome no
koromo uki yo no
hanazakari
ori wasurete mo
oritekeru kana
All are in ink-dyed
Clothes, yet in this cruel world
Blossom blooms most freely;
Forgetful of the time,
Did I pluck these.

Lord Fujiwara no Sanekata

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

SKKS XII: 1102

Composed on the conception of hidden love, when various people were ordered to produce hundred poem sequences by the Lay Priest and Former Regent, when he was Minister of the Right.

後の世をなげくなみだといひなしてしぼりやせましすみ染の袖

nochi no yo o
nageku namida to
iinashite
shibori ya semashi
sumizome no sode
My life to come brings
These grieving tears—
Should that be my excuse,as
I wring out
My ink-dyed sleeves?

Senior Assistant Governor-General of Dazai, Shige’ie

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