A poem from the Empress’ Poetry Competition in the Kanpyō period.
春たてど花もにほはぬ山里は物うかる音に鶯ぞなく
| Faru tatedo Fana mo niFoFanu yamazato Fa mono’ukaru ne ni uguFisu zo naku |
Spring has come, yet The blossoms do not shine At my mountain home How reluctantly Does the warbler sing… |
Ariwara no Muneyana
在原棟梁