Composed on the first day of the Fourth Month.
櫻いろにそめし衣をぬぎかへてやま郭公けふよりぞまつ
| sakura iro ni somesi koromo wo nugikaFete yama Fototogisu keFu yori zo matu |
Pale pink cherry Coloured clothes I put aside and The mountain cuckoo Await from this day. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部