Original

うぐひすのなきつるなへにかすがののけふのみゆきをはなとこそみれ

uguisu no nakitsuru nae ni kasugano no kyō no miyuki o hana to koso mire

While the warbler Sings on Kasuga Plain Today, accompanying the progress, snow As blossom does appear.[1]

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Left (Win)

いまはしもはなとぞいはむかすがののはるのみゆきをなにとかは見む

ima wa shimo hana to zo iwamu kasugano no haru no miyuki o nani to ka wa mimu

Now, of all, The blossom, I would describe, On Kasuga Plain, as Springtime progress snow— What else can I say?

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Right

ふるさとにゆきまじりたるはなと見ばわれにおくるなのべのうぐひす

furusato ni yukimajiritaru hana to miba ware ni okuru na nobe no uguisu

Around the ancient capital Have I gone amidst the snow— If as blossom I did see it, then, O, don’t send me off, Warbler upon the plain!

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[1] SIS 1044 attributed to Fujiwara no Tadafusa ‘Headnote ‘Among the many poems presented by provincial officials, when the Kyōgoku Lady of the Bedchamber visited Kasuga.’