Composed when Controller Tametō said he was going pheasant hunting on hearing that his lady at Sanjō had given birth to their first child.
きゞすゝむ小塩の原の小松原とりはじめたる千代のかずかも
| kigisu sumu wosiFo no Fara no komatubara toriFazimetaru tiyo no kazu kamo |
Pheasant roosting Oshio Fields’ Pine saplings do but Begin to number The one thousand generations of his years. |