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Kokinshu #90
Thursday, 26 May 2011 07:04 Written by the Nara Emperor.
Even in Nara,
the capital that has become
an old village,
the colors aren't changing:
the flowers are still blooming.
furusato to
narinishi nara no
miyako ni mo
iro wa kawarazu
hana wa sakikeri
---L.
Even in Nara,
the capital that has become
an old village,
the colors aren't changing:
the flowers are still blooming.
—15 May 2011
Original by Emperor Heizei (774-824), who abdicated in 809 and retired to the recently former capital Nara; this is his only poem in the Kokinshu. What doesn't come through in translation: "became" is inflected to indicate personal experience.furusato to
narinishi nara no
miyako ni mo
iro wa kawarazu
hana wa sakikeri
---L.