GSS II: 56

When he participated in an archery display, during the reign of the Jōgan emperor [Seiwa].

けふ桜しづくにわが身いざぬれむかごめにさそふ風のこぬまに

keFi sakura
siduku ni wa ga mi
iza nuremu
kagome ni sasoFu
kaze no konu ma ni
Today let cherry blossom
Droplets my body
Drench!
For the scented
Breeze has yet to blow…

The Kawara Minister of the Left
[Minamoto no Tōru 源融 (822-895)]

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
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