In the spring of the year after Ōe no Masahira died, she composed this on seeing the blossoms.

こぞの春ちりにし花も咲きにけり哀れ別のかゝらましかば

kozo no Faru tiri ni si Fana mo sakinikeri aFare wakare no kakaramasikaba

Last year’s Spring’s Fallen flowers Are in bloom again; Our painful parting, If only it were so too…

Akazome Emon
赤染衛門