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MYS XVII: 3913

保登等芸須 安不知能枝尓 由吉底居者 花波知良牟奈 珠登見流麻泥

ほととぎす あふちのえだに ゆきてゐば はなはちらむな たまとみるまで

pototogisu
aputi no eda ni
yukite wiba
pana pa tiramu na
tama to miru made
If a cuckoo
To the chinaberry’s branches
Should come to rest, then
Still would the blossoms scatter, for
Gems do they but seem…

Sent in reply on the 3rd day of the Fourth Month by Palace Attendant Ōtomo sukune Yakamochi from the capital at Kuni to his younger brother, Fumimochi.