Beneath The Mighty Gods Poem by Ki no Tsurayuki

Beneath The Mighty Gods

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Beneath the mighty
Gods' enclosing fence
Creeps a vine:
Unable to withstand the Autumn,
It has turned sere.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Fabrizio Frosini 21 July 2016

waka composed on seeing Autumn leaves within the precincts of a shrine when passing nearby

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Fabrizio Frosini 21 July 2016

ちはやぶる神のいがきにはふくずも秋にはあへずうつろひにけり tiFayaburu kami no igaki ni Fau kuzu mo aki ni Fa aFezu uturoFinikeri Beneath the mighty Gods’ enclosing fence Creeps a vine: Unable to withstand the Autumn, It has turned sere. Tsurayuki 貫之 KOKINSHŪ - KKS V: 262

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