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Kanpyō no ōntoki kiku awase 20

Composed on the figure of a person waiting at the foot of a chrysanthemum.
花見つつ人待つときは白栲の袖かとのみぞあやまたれける

Fana mitutu
Fito matu toki Fa
shirotaFe no
sode ka to nomi zo
ayamatarekeru
While gazing at the blooms,
Awaiting his arrival,
Simply for white mulberry
Sleeves have I
Mistaken them…

Tomonori
20

This poem was included in Kokinshū (V: 274).