another waka by Izumi Shikibu:
岩つゝじをりもてぞ見るせこが着し紅ぞめの色に似たれば
Azaleas ’twixt the rocks:
Plucked, held and gazed upon;
My darling wore
Dark crimson
Colours, such as these.
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部
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another waka by Izumi Shikibu: 岩つゝじをりもてぞ見るせこが着し紅ぞめの色に似たれば Azaleas ’twixt the rocks: Plucked, held and gazed upon; My darling wore Dark crimson Colours, such as these. Izumi Shikibu 和泉式部