When I was at the Horikawa Palace, and Lady Koma no Myōbu was behind a folding screen, a globeflower was tossed over it, and I realised that His Majesty was there, too.
やへながらいろもかはらぬ山吹のこゝのへになど咲かずなりにし
| yaFe nagara iro mo kaFaranu yamabuki no kokonoFe ni nado sakazu narinisi |
Eightfold, Your hues remain unchanged: O, globeflower, But within nine folds Have you bloomless become…? |