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Kokinshu #264
Wednesday, 27 June 2012 07:02 A poem from the poetry contest held in the palace of the consort in the Kanpyô era.
Though they've not scattered,
already I'm regretful
-- for I've gazed upon
the bright autumn leaves now at
the climax of their colors.
chiranedomo
kanete zo oshiki
momijiba wa
ima wa kakiri no
iro to mitsureba
---L.
Though they've not scattered,
already I'm regretful
-- for I've gazed upon
the bright autumn leaves now at
the climax of their colors.
—17 June 2012
Original author unknown. And now the anticipation previewed in #187 starts in earnest, so to speak. That the gazing is completed sounds odd, but that really is what it says.chiranedomo
kanete zo oshiki
momijiba wa
ima wa kakiri no
iro to mitsureba
---L.