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Kokinshu #439
Monday, 26 August 2013 06:42 Written for the Maidenflower Contest in Suzaku Palace, with the five characters of "o-mi-na-e-shi" (maidenflower) placed at the start of every line.
The belling stag whose
steps wear down Mount Ogura --
there's no one who knows
how many weary autumns
he has experienced.
ogurayama
mine tachinarashi
naku shika no
henikemu aki o
shiru hito zo naki
---L.
The belling stag whose
steps wear down Mount Ogura --
there's no one who knows
how many weary autumns
he has experienced.
—16 July 2013
Original by Ki no Tsurayuki. Not a hidden-topic poem but an acrostic. For the contest, see #230ff; for Ogura, see #312. I read aki as a pivot-word meaning "autumn" / "tired of," but this is not commonly accepted. It's also possible to take narasu as a pivot for "wear down" / "get used to" (similar to #410), but I don't see this as adding anything.ogurayama
mine tachinarashi
naku shika no
henikemu aki o
shiru hito zo naki
---L.