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Kokinshu #281
Tuesday, 31 July 2012 07:00 Topic unknown.
"Since the autumn leaves
of the oaks on Mt. Saho
must soon have scattered,
look, you, even through the night!"
-- thus the shining moonlight.
sahoyama no
hahaso no momiji
chirinubemi
yoru sae miyo to
terasu tsukikage
---L.
"Since the autumn leaves
of the oaks on Mt. Saho
must soon have scattered,
look, you, even through the night!"
-- thus the shining moonlight.
—15 July 2012
Original author unknown. Back to the autumn leaves -- this time with a focus on their disappearance, starting as usual with anticipation thereof. It's ambiguous whether the quote encompasses the first four lines or just the fourth, an open-quotation mark having not yet been invented. Reading a single line gives a mannered speculation as to why the the moonlight is shining, while four lines just accepts it. Either way, no verb for the saying.sahoyama no
hahaso no momiji
chirinubemi
yoru sae miyo to
terasu tsukikage
---L.