Fujiwara No Kiyo-suke Ason
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A Hundred Verses from Old Japan (The Hyakunin-isshu), tr. by William N. Porter, [1909], at sacred-texts.com
p. 84
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THE MINISTER KIYO-SUKE FUJIWARA
FUJIWARA NO KIYO-SUKE ASON
Nagaraeba
Mata konogoro ya
Shinobaremu
Ushi to mishi yo zo
Ima wa koishiki.
Mata konogoro ya
Shinobaremu
Ushi to mishi yo zo
Ima wa koishiki.
TIME was when I despised my youth,
As boyhood only can;
What would I give for boyhood now,
When finishing life's span
An old decrepid man!
Kiyo-suke was the son of the writer of verse No. 79, and lived in the latter part of the twelfth century.
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