When various people had come to see the blossom blooming beautifully at his mountain retreat in Kitashirakawa.

春きてぞ人もとひける山ざとは花こそやどのあるじなりけれ

Faru kite zo Fito mo toFikeru yamazato Fa Fana koso yado no aruzi narikere

Spring has come, and Folk visiting, too, My mountain retreat: The blossoms are the dwelling’s Master, to be sure!

Kintō, Captain of the Outer Palace Guards, Right Division