A poem by Lord Ono no Oyu, Junior Assistant Governor-General of Dazai.
青丹吉 寧樂乃京師者 咲花乃 薫如 今盛有
あをによし奈良の都は咲く花のにほふがごとく今盛りなり
| awoni yosi nara no miyako pa saku pana no nipopu ga gotoku ima masakari nari | Good blue-black clay— Nara, the capital, As the flowering blossom Glows, Is in full-bloom today. |