Sankashū I: 95

When various folk were composing for a painting on a folding screen of a crowd of the retainers of the Crown Prince viewing blossom being observed by someone in service to another prince standing nearby.

このもとは見る人しげしさくらばなよそにながめてかをばをしまん

ko no moto wa
miru hito shigeshi
sakurabana
yoso ni nagamete
ka o ba oshiman
Beneath the trees
The viewing folk are thick
As the cherry blossoms;
Gazing from afar,
The scent do I regret…

95

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