The Parting Year Poem by Ki no Tsurayuki

The Parting Year

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The parting year
Fills me with regret
For in a clear glass
All I see are signs
Of my own passing.

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Fabrizio Frosini 15 July 2016

when the Emperor commanded him to submit a poem, he composed and offered this waka

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Fabrizio Frosini 15 July 2016

ゆく年のをしくもあるかなますかがみ見るかげさへにくれぬと思へば yuku tosi no wosiku mo aru ka na masukagami miru kage saFe ni kurenu to omoFeba The parting year Fills me with regret For in a clear glass All I see are signs Of my own passing. Ki no Tsurayuki 紀貫之 KOKINSHŪ - KKS VI: 342

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