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Tombō no
Eda ni tsuitari
Wasure-guwa.
See the dragonfly resting on the hands of the forgotten mattock.
Tombō no
Kaide yukikeri
Sute-waraji.
Dragonflies have gone to sniff at a pair of cast-off sandals of straw.
Sode ni tsuku
Sumika?—obana[1] ni
Kane-tombo!
Is it an ink-stain upon a sleeve?—no: it is only the black dragonfly resting upon the obana.
Hiwa naname
Sekiya no yari ni
Tombo kana!
See the dragonfly perching on the blade of the spear leaning against the rampart-wall!
註
- ↑ 尾花は芒なり。學名 Eularia japonica.
