Composed on plum blossom above a fence.
あるじをばたれともわかず春はたゞかきねのむめをたづねてぞみる
| aruji o ba tare tomo wakazu haru wa tada kakine no mume o tazunete zo miru |
The master here, I care not who he is; In spring, ’tis only The plum upon the fence I come to see! |
Fujiwara no Atsu’ie (1033-1090)