A poem tied to a chrysanthemum before it was planted in someone’s garden.
うゑしうゑば秋なき時やさかざらむ花こそちらめねさへかれめや
| uwe si uweba aki naki toki ya sakazaramu Fana koso tirame ne saFe kareme ya |
If well planted, And Autumn came not Would it still bloom-of course, it would! And the flowers scatter Were it to wither to the root? |
Ariwara no Narihira
在原業平