KKS 21

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仁和にんなの帝、皇子みこにおましましける時に、人に若菜賜たまひける御歌

When the Ninwa Emperor was a prince, an honorable poem when he gave young shoots to someone.

君がため春の野に出でて若菜摘む我が衣でに雪は降つつ

kimi ga tame
haru no no ni ide-te
wakana tsumu
waga koromode ni
yuki wa furi-tsutsu

For your sake
I go into the spring fields
And pick young shoots
On the sleeves of my robes
Snow keeps falling and falling

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