From the poetry contest at the Teiji Palace.
三千年になるてふ桃の今年より花咲く春にあひにける哉
miti tose ni naru teFu momo no kotosi yori Fana saku Faru ni aFinikeru kana |
Every three thousand years, ’ Tis said, the peach bears fruit; And in this year It blossomed with the spring: That’s what we have chanced across. |
Mitsune
躬恒