Composed for the folding screen behind Prince Motoyasu at his seventieth birthday celebrations.
春くればやどにまづさく梅花君がちとせのかざしとぞ見る
| Faru kureba yado ni madu saku mume no Fana kimi ga titose no kazasi to zo miru |
When the spring has come, First flowering at my house The plum blossoms: In your thousandth year, I see you with them in your hair. |
Ki no Tsurayuki
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