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== Notes ==
== Notes ==


;someone he knew
:The phrasing is used in love poetry to mean someone who the poet had a romantic relationship with. However, here it probably just means a friend -- it would be unusual for the woman to visit the man.


Other sources:
;attached to a flower
:This was a common practice in the period for all kinds of letters and poems.


== Analysis ==
== Analysis ==

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逢知れりける人のまうできて、帰りにける後のちに、よみて花にさしてつかはしける 

Someone he knew visited, and then after they left, he composed this and sent with a flower attached.

つらゆき

Ki no Tsurayuki

ひとめみし君もやくると桜花けふは待ちみてちらばちらなん

hitome mi-shi
kimi mo ya kuru to
sakurabana
kyō wa machi-mi-te
chira-ba chira-nan

Only glimpsed briefly,
You will perhaps visit,
So cherry blossoms,
Try waiting for today
Then if you will fall, fall.

Notes

someone he knew
The phrasing is used in love poetry to mean someone who the poet had a romantic relationship with. However, here it probably just means a friend -- it would be unusual for the woman to visit the man.
attached to a flower
This was a common practice in the period for all kinds of letters and poems.

Analysis

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