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Kokinshu #241
Wednesday, 2 May 2012 06:43 Written on "purple-trousers."
It's fragrant, this scent
from some unknown owner.
Who was it who doffed
and hung in the autumn field
these here "purple-trousers"!?
nushi shiranu
ka koso nioere
aki no no ni
ta ga nugikakeshi
fujibakama zo mo
---L.
It's fragrant, this scent
from some unknown owner.
Who was it who doffed
and hung in the autumn field
these here "purple-trousers"!?
—29 April 2012
Original by Sosei. Really, Sosei, the naif pose isn't fooling anyone. The syntax is rendered a little more creatively than usual (the final clause is actually a fragment) but the !? is literal.nushi shiranu
ka koso nioere
aki no no ni
ta ga nugikakeshi
fujibakama zo mo
---L.