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Kokinshu #441
Friday, 30 August 2013 07:00 Asters (shioni)
Although I came, yes,
expressly to see the flowers
in my old hometown,
their glorious blossoms have,
it seems, just withered away.
furihaete
iza furusato no
hana mimu to
koshi o nioi zo
utsuroinikeru
---L.
Although I came, yes,
expressly to see the flowers
in my old hometown,
their glorious blossoms have,
it seems, just withered away.
—19 July 2013
Original author unknown. Specifically, Tartarian aster (Aster tataricus, modern name shion), a perennial shrub with light purple flowers through most of autumn and into winter. "Blossoms" is interpretive, but the more literal "their being glorious" sounds rather odd in English.furihaete
iza furusato no
hana mimu to
koshi o nioi zo
utsuroinikeru
---L.