保登等芸須　安不知能枝尓　由吉底居者　花波知良牟奈　珠登見流麻泥

ほととぎす　あふちのえだに　ゆきてゐば　はなはちらむな　たまとみるまで

pototogisu aputi no eda ni yukite wiba pana pa tiramu na tama to miru made

If a cuckoo To the chinaberry’s branches Should come to rest, then Still would the blossoms scatter, for Gems do they but seem…

Sent in reply on the 3rd day of the Fourth Month by Palace Attendant Ōtomo sukune Yakamochi from the capital at Kuni to his younger brother, Fumimochi.