Did Some Lodge Here Poem by Ki no Tsurayuki

Did Some Lodge Here

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Did some lodge here
And leave for a keepsake
Wisteria trousers? Thoroughworts,
Impossible to forget,
Their fragrance lingers on.

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Fabrizio Frosini 24 July 2016

waka composed on a thoroughwort (Eupatorium fortunei: also known as boneset or ague weed, due its poisonous nature, is a shrubby plant bearing large, showy clusters of purplish, pink, blue, or white flowers)

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Fabrizio Frosini 24 July 2016

やどりせし人のかたみかふぢばかまわすられがたきかににほひつつ yadorisesi Fito no katami ka Fudibakama wasuraregataki ka ni niFoFitutu Did some lodge here And leave for a keepsake Wisteria trousers? Thoroughworts, Impossible to forget, Their fragrance lingers on. Tsurayuki 貫之 Kokinshū - KKS V: 240

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