Composed for the picture of picking new herbs on a folding screen for the celebrations of the sixtieth birthday of Emperor Uda.
わかなおふるのべといふのべを君がためよろづよしめてつまんとぞ思
| wakana ôru nobe to iu nobe o kimi ga tame yorozu yo shimete tsuman to zo omou |
New herbs grow Within the fields-called so For my Lord’s sake Across ten thousand years We will pick them, I feel. |
Tsurayuki
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