Their First Flowered Home Poem by Ki no Tsurayuki

Their First Flowered Home

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Their first flowered
Home have they left,
These chrysanthemum blooms,
And their hues too
Have moved on.

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Fabrizio Frosini 21 July 2016

waka composed by Tsurayuki on transplanting chrysanthemums - which had been at someone else’s house

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Fabrizio Frosini 21 July 2016

さきそめしやどしかはれば菊の花色さへにこそうつろひにけれ sakisomesi yado si kaFareba kiku no Fana iro saFe ni koso uturoFinikere Their first flowered Home have they left, These chrysanthemum blooms, And their hues too Have moved on. Tsurayuki 貫之 KOKINSHŪ - KKS V: 280

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