Wisteria blooming by a river bank

Left
さだめなく吹く風なれば池水のきしをめぐりてよする藤なみ

sadamenaku fuku kaze nareba ikemizu no kishi o megurite yosuru Fujinami

Inconstant is The gusting wind, so By the pondwater’s Bank and all along it Break wisteria waves…

Fujiwara no Munenari
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Right

藤なみのかからぬ岸のなければやこぎくる舟のよるひまのなき

fujinami no kakaranu kishi no nakereba ya kogikuru fune no yoru hima no naki

Untouched by wisteria waves Such a bank Is there not one? Come rowing, the boats Have not a moment to make shore.

Lesser Superintendant Fujiwara no Sadamitsu
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