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84. The Minister Kiyo-suke Fujiwara: Fujiwara No Kiyo-suke Ason

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Nagaraeba 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.

Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file shi/hvj/hvj085.htm.

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