Composed on blossom on a folding screen.
咲きそめし時より後はうちはへて世は春なれや色のつねなる
| sakisomesi toki yori noti Fa utiFaFete yo Fa Faru nare ya iro no tunenaru |
From the first bloom And ever since that time Endures This world of spring, Colours never changing. |
Ki no Tsurayuki
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