A Hundred Verses from Old Japan/Poem 50

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4381374A Hundred Verses from Old Japan — Poem 50William Ninnis PorterFujiwara no Yoshitaka

50


FUJIWARA NO YOSHITAKA

Kimi ga tame
Oshikarazarishi
Inochi sae
Nagaku mogana to
Omoi keru kana.


YOSHITAKA FUJIWARA

Death had no terrors, Life no joys,
Before I met with thee;
But now I fear, however long
My life may chance to be,
’Twill be too short for me!


Yoshitaka died in the year 974. See verse No. 18 for a note of the Fujiwara family.