Smilax Blossom

なくこゑはあまたすれどもうぐひすにまさるとりのはなくぞありける

naku koe wa amata suredomo uguisu ni masaru tori no ha naku zo arikeru

Sung songs are there Many, yet The bush-warbler is Outmatched by no bird’s Wings at all!

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This poem is an acrostic, with ‘smilax blossom’ (sarutori no hana) contained within masaru tori no ha naku.