Composed on transplanting chrysanthemums which had been at someone else’s house:
さきそめしやどしかはれば菊の花色さへにこそうつろひにけれ
| sakisomesi yado si kaFareba kiku no Fana iro saFe ni koso uturoFinikere |
Their first flowered Home have they left, These chrysanthemum blooms, And their hues too Have moved on. |
Tsurayuki
貫之