My friend
Spreads wide his cloak in a spring shower;
With every fall
The green fields are
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わがせこが衣はるさめふるごとにのべのみどりぞいろまさりける wagaseko ga koromo Farusame Furu gotoni nobe no midori zo iro masarikeru My friend Spreads wide his cloak in a spring shower; With every fall The green fields are More verdant than ever. Ki no Tsuryuki - 紀貫之 KOKINSHŪ, KKS I: 25
[Waka composed on an occasion when the Emperor commanded that poems be composed for him]