Kokinshu #295
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lnhammer A poem from the poetry contest at the house of Prince Koresada.
The way that I came
cannot even be made out
-- for it is cloaked by
the scattering of leaves from
all kinds of trees on Mt. Shadows.
waga kitsuru
kata mo shirarezu
kurabuyama
kigi no ko no ba no
chiru to magau ni
---L.
The way that I came
cannot even be made out
-- for it is cloaked by
the scattering of leaves from
all kinds of trees on Mt. Shadows.
— 19 August 2012
Original by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki. For Mt. Shadows, see #39; magau is really closer to "confused," but "cloaked" brings out the wordplay on the place-name. Compare especially #72, which does a little more with its conceit than this one.waga kitsuru
kata mo shirarezu
kurabuyama
kigi no ko no ba no
chiru to magau ni
---L.