A summer poem, from when she presented a hundred poem sequence to retired Emperor Sutoku.
さくらあさのをふのしたくさしげれたゞあかでわかれし花の名なれば
| sakura asa no ou no shitakusa shigere tada akade wakareshi hana no na nareba |
Cherry hemp Growing, the grass beneath it So lush! Simply Never sating – as parting Is in this blossom’s name…. |
Lady Asa of the Taikenmon Palace