Kinkai wakashū 132

Composed when the painting of spring on a folding screen resembled summer.

みてのみぞおどろかれぬるぬば玉のゆめかと思ひし春ののこれる

mite nomi zo
odorokarenuru
nubatama no
yume ka to omoishi
haru no nokoreru
The sight was enough
To startle me!
In a lily-seed dark
Dream alone I did think
Spring remained!
A nkuzushiji version of the poem's text.

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