Maple

はるがすみたちそめしよりいろかへてのはならしてきわかなつむべく

harugasumi tachi someshi yori iro kaete no wa narashiteki wakana tsumubeku

Since the haze of spring Began to rise, Hues changing, Upon the plains have grown Fresh herbs that we may pick them!

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This poem is an acrostic, with ‘maple blossom’ (kaede no hana) contained within kaete no wa narashiteki.