Composed on a spring by a pine tree in the Sixth Month, for a folding screen for the Daijō Festivities in the Ninth Year of Kenkyū (1199).
ときはなる松井の水をむすぶてのしづくごとにぞちよはみえける
| tokiwa naru matsui no mizu o musubu te no shizuku goto ni zo chi yo wa miekeru |
In Tokiwa The waters from the pine-tree spring are Held in gathered hands- Every single drop that falls Shows the passage of a thousand years. |
Provisional Middle Councillor [Fujiwara no] Sukezane