Written beside [a picture of] the Bridge of Nagara on a folding screen [made for] the [sixtieth birthday] celebrations of the Lay Priest Chancellor [Fujiwara no Kaneie (929-990)].
朽ちもせぬ長柄の橋の橋柱久しきほどの見えもするかな
| kuti mo senu nagara no Fasi no Fasibasira Fisasiki Fodo no mie mo suru kana |
Never touched by decay, The bridge of Nagara’s Bridge pillars Endure and so Will you, I’d say. |