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
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思ひいづるときはの山の郭公唐紅のふりいでてぞなく
| omoFiiduru tokiFa no yama no Fototogisu karakurenawi no Furiidete zo naku |
Deep in my memories: In the Tokiwa mountains A cuckoo With crimson tongue Bursts into song. |
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