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IS easier to hide the reeds Upon the moor that grow, Than try to hide the ardent love That sets my cheeks aglow For somebody I know.

Little is known of this poet, except that he lived some time in the tenth century.

Note the word shinowara, meaning ‘a bamboo moor’, contrasted with shinoburedo in the next line, which means ‘though I might manage to conceal’.

The picture shows Hitoshi on the wild moor, with the reeds growing all around him.