June 15, 2020.
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Thought I, the fallen flowers
Are returning to their branch;
But lo! they were butterflies.
落花枝にかへると見れば胡蝶哉 守武
落花枝にかへると見れば胡ちょかな 守武
rakka eda ni / kaeru to mireba / kochō kana (6-7-5)
(translated by William George Aston)
A prolific writer of haikai, renga, and Waka, Arakida Moritake was born in 1473 and studied renga under Iio Sōgi. Late in his life, Arakida became head priest of the Inner Ise Shrine.
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