A poem by the Nara Emperor.
ふるさととなりにしならのみやこにも色はかはらず花はさきけり
| Furusato to narinisi nara no miyako ni mo iro Fa kaFarazu Fana Fa sakikeri |
A former home, It has become: Nara, Capital as was, yet even there The colours are as they ever were When the flowers bloom. |
Emperor Heijō