For a folding screen with images of the moon in every month, during the reign of the Engi emperor.
神まつる卯月にさける卯の花はしろくもきねがしらげたるかな
| kami maturu uduki ni sakeru unoFana Fa siroku mo kine ga siragetaru kana | Sacred to the Gods, The Fourth Month is when bloom Deutzia, So white that maidens from the shrine Must have whitened them! |
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たまくしげ二上山のほととぎす今ぞあけくれなきわたるなる
| tamakushige futakamiyama no hototogisu ima zo akekure nakiwataru naru | On the jewelled comb of Futakami Mountain The cuckoos Now, indeed, both night and day Do fill with their constant song. |
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Right
時鳥のちのさ月もありとてやながくうづきをすぐしはてつる
| hototogisu nochi no satsuki mo ari tote ya nagaku uzuki o sugushihatetsuru | O, cuckoo! A further Fifth Month There is, so Leisurely, the Fourth Month Have you completely spent? |
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