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A Hundred Verses from Old Japan · 51 of 101

50. Yoshitaka Fujiwara: Fujiwara no Yoshitaka

Yoshitaka Fujiwara

Fujiwara No Yoshitaka

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

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.